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Factors associated with mental health service access among Australian community-dwelling survivors of stroke
CONCLUSIONS: Many stroke survivors have untreated depression/anxiety. Primary care practitioners should be supported in undertaking effective detection and management. Older and newly diagnosed individuals should be educated about depression/anxiety and available supports.Implications for rehabilitationPrimary care providers play a pivotal role in the pathway to mental health care, and therefore should always screen for depression/anxiety and provide comprehensive assessment and referral to specialist services where necessary.Targeted psychoeducation should be provided to survivors of stroke who are older and newly diagnos...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 9, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Priscilla Tjokrowijoto Renerus J Stolwyk David Ung Monique F Kilkenny Joosup Kim Lachlan L Dalli Dominique A Cadilhac Nadine E Andrew Source Type: research

Longitudinal changes in activity participation in the first year post-stroke and association with depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: Activity participation improves during the first year of recovery post-stroke in stroke survivors with mild neurological stroke severity and is associated with depressive symptoms over time and at 12-months post-stroke. Implications for rehabilitation Improvements in participation occur in the first 3-months post-stroke and continue to a lesser degree in the first year after stroke. Depressive symptoms are associated with lower participation at 12-months. A multidimensional approach targeting depressive symptoms and increasing participation in the early months post-stroke and throughout the first-year after st...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 11, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tse T, Linden T, Churilov L, Davis S, Donnan G, Carey LM Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research