The prevalence and course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in stroke patients impact functional recovery during in-hospital rehabilitation.

Conclusions: Neuropsychiatric symptoms are common in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation and have a substantially negative impact on rehabilitation outcomes. Stroke patients with prolonged acute-phase hospitalization and low functioning at admission must be monitored to detect any deterioration in the neuropsychiatric state. PMID: 33427120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research