Questionnaire assessment of usual practice in mood and cognitive assessment in Scottish stroke units.

Conclusion: Response rate was modest but included all mainland Scottish regions with active stroke services. Although the majority of responders are assessing cognition and mood there is substantial heterogeneity in measures used and certain commonly used tools are not validated or appropriate for use in stroke. We suggest development of evidence based, standardised assessment protocols. Implications for Rehabilitation Screening stroke survivor's for cognitive and mood issues is recommended but there is little guidance on the preferred assessment strategy Across Scottish stroke services there is a lack of consensus in assessment and management of cognition and mood post stroke Sixty-two different cognitive/mood assessment tools were found to be in use across the country Careful consideration must be given when inspecting assessment tools and use of caution when interpreting results. PMID: 23672210 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research