Poststroke Depression Correlates with Cognitive Impairment

Abstract

Purpose: To compare the relation between depression and cognitive function in stroke cases having at least 3 months disease durationand first stroke . Methods:We evaluated 70 patients after the third months poststroke period. In these cases, in order to evaluate depression degree, Beck Depression Invantory (BDD), cognitive function Mini Mental State Examination (MMDÖ), functional situation Functional Independence Measurement (FBÖ) and stroke severity NIH measurement were used. Results: Depression was diagnosed in 8.6% of the patients at 3 months after the stroke. There was a statistically significant difference between the depressive and nondepressive groups in respect to the assessments of MMDÖ and FBÖ (p<0.05). There was an association between poststroke depression and cognitive impairment (r= -0.276, p<0.05). Conclusions: Depression is common in patients with stroke having no mental problems before the stroke and is related to cognitive impairment. Key words: Stroke, Cognition, Depression

Keywords

• Stroke, Cognition, Depression

İnme Sonrası Depresyon Kognitif Bozuklukla İlişkilidir

Öz

Amaç: İlk kez inme geçiren ve en az 3 ay hastalık süresi olan inme'li olgularda, depresyon ve kognitif fonksiyon arasındaki ilişkiyi karşılaştırmaktır. Metodlar: İnme sonrası 3. ayda, 70 hasta değerlendirmeye alınmıştır.Olgularda, depresyon derecesi Beck Depresyon Değerlendirmesi (BDD), kognitif fonksiyon Mini Mental Durum Ölçeği (MMDÖ), fonksiyonel durum Fonksiyonel Bağımsızlık Ölçeği (FBÖ) ve inme şiddeti NIH ölçeği kullanılarak değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular:Hastaların %8.6'da depresyon belirlenmiştir. Depresyon olan ve depresyon olmayan gruplar arasında, MMDÖ ve FBÖ değerlendirmeleri açısından istatistiksel olarak fark vardır (p<0.05). Depresyon ve kognitif fonksiyon arasında bir ilişki bulunmuştur (r= -0.276, p<0.05). Sonuç:İnme öncesi mental problemi olmayan, inmeli hastalarda depresyon yaygındır ve kognitif bozuklukla ilişkilidir. Anahtar kelimeler: İnme, Kognitif, Depresyon

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İnme, Kognitif, Depresyon

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