Poststroke anxiety is prevalent at the population level, especially among socially deprived and younger age community stroke survivors

ConclusionUsing a conservative HADS‐A cutoff, a high prevalence of definite abnormal anxiety in community stroke survivors is observed. This prevalence increases markedly in younger and more socially deprived stroke survivors.

Source: International Journal of Stroke - November 10, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Niall. M. Broomfield, Anne Scoular, Peter Welsh, Matthew Walters, Jonathan J. Evans Tags: Research Source Type: research