The Influence of Depressive Symptoms on Cognitive and Functional Recovery in Chronic Stroke Patients
Year: 2010
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the influence of depressive symptoms on cognitive and functional recovery in chronic stroke patients. Method: Seventy-four chronic stroke patients were included. They had inpatient rehabilitation program for 2 months. Depressive symptoms were evaluated with the Beck depression inventory (BDI), cognitive functions by the Korean mini-mental status examination (MMSE-K) and functional status by the modified Barthel index (MBI) before and after the rehabilitation. We investigated whether the improvement of depressive symptoms after rehabilitation had influenced the cognitive and functional recovery, by comparing the changes of MMSE-K and MBI in patients with depressive symptoms. Results: Before inpatient rehabilitation program, patients with depressive symptoms had low scores of MMSE-K and MBI compared to those without. While patients with depressive symptoms had significant improvement of MMSEK after rehabilitation (p
Language: English
Subfield: Rehabilitation
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $153
OpenAlex ID: W2397738053