Naslov
Frequency and characteristics of emotional disorders in patients after ischemic stroke

Autori
Kadojić, Dragutin ; Vladetić, Mirjana ; Čandrlić, Marija

Izvornik
Acta clinica Croatica. Supplement (0353-9474) 41 (2002), Suppl.3;

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kongresno priopcenje, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
emotional disturbances; stroke patients; cerebral lesion

Sažetak
Emotional disturbances in stroke patients may unfavorably affect the process of rehabilitation and longterm outcome of the disease. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of emotional disturbances and rheir characteristics in our stroke patients, according to hemispheric lateralization of cerebral lesion (as recorded by CT), patient seks and grade of neurological deficit (as assessed by Rankin scale). The study included 50 patients (29 men and 21 women, mean age 65.52 +- 7.07 and 64.62 + - 11.83 years, respectively) who had suffered ischemic stroke 3 weeks to 6 months before the study. The Crown-Crisp experience indeks including six scales: scales of anxiety, phobia, obsession, somatization, depression and hysteria, was used for detection of emotional disturbances. Results showed a high prevalence of emotional disturbances in the study group. Depression was most common (36 of study patients), followed by generalized anxiety (29) and phobic disturbances (33). According to hemispheric lateralization of the cerebral lesion, a more intense emotional response was found in case of right hemispheric lasions, however, the difference was statistically significant only on the scale of somatized anxiety (p<0.05). According to seks, a more intense emotional response was recorded in women, the difference being statistically significant on the scales of anxiety (p<0.05), depression (p<0.05) and phobia (p<0.01). According to neurologic deficit severity, an increasing tendency in the prevalence of emotional disturbances was observed with the increasing severity of neurologic deficit. Study results showed a high prevalence of emotional disturbances after stroke, suggesting a hypothesis on their combined etiology.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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