Longitudinal assessment of anxiety/depression rates and their related predictive factors in acute ischemic stroke patients: A 36-month follow-up study

This study aimed at investigating the longitudinal changes of poststroke anxiety/depression rates, and their potential risk factors in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. A total of 250 first diagnosis of AIS patients were enrolled and followed for 36 months. Anxiety/depression of patients were assessed using hospital anxiety and depression scale (HADS) at month (M) 0 (M0) and then every 3 months till M36. During 36-month follow-up, both HADS-anxiety score (from 6.9 ± 3.1 at M0 to 8.0 ± 3.5 at M36) and anxiety rate (from 41.2% at M0 to 54.0% at M36) (both P  .05) displayed an upward trend with time longitudinally but without statistical significance. By forward multivariate logistic regression analysis, female, diabetes and higher National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score independently predicted elevated anxiety risk at M0, M12, M24, and M36 (all P 
Source: Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Research Article: Observational Study Source Type: research