Explanatory factors for the association between depression and long-term physical disability after stroke

Explanatory factors for the association between depression and long-term physical disability after stroke.

OBJECTIVES To identify explanatory factors for the association between depression at 3 months after stroke and physical disability at 3 years. METHODS Data from the South London Stroke Register (1998-2013) were used. Patients (n = 3,612) were assessed at stroke onset. Follow-up at 3 months included assessment for depression with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (scores ≥ 7 = depressi...

Long-term outcome after stroke: a disability-orientated approach.

Long-term disability after first-ever stroke and related prognostic factors in the Perth Community Stroke Study, 1989-1990.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Few reliable estimates of the long-term functional outcome after stroke are available. This population-based study aimed to describe disability, dependency, and related independent prognostic factors at 5 years after a first-ever stroke in patients in Perth, Western Australia. METHODS All individuals with a suspected acute stroke who were resident in a geographically de...

the effects of keyword and context methods on pronunciation and receptive/ productive vocabulary of low-intermediate iranian efl learners: short-term and long-term memory in focus

از گذشته تا کنون، تحقیقات بسیاری صورت گرفته است که همگی به گونه ای بر مثمر ثمر بودن استفاده از استراتژی های یادگیری لغت در یک زبان بیگانه اذعان داشته اند. این تحقیق به بررسی تاثیر دو روش مختلف آموزش واژگان انگلیسی (کلیدی و بافتی) بر تلفظ و دانش لغوی فراگیران ایرانی زیر متوسط زبان انگلیسی و بر ماندگاری آن در حافظه می پردازد. به این منظور، تعداد شصت نفر از زبان آموزان ایرانی هشت تا چهارده ساله با...

Early depressed mood after stroke predicts long-term disability: the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study (NOMASS).

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Depression is highly prevalent after stroke and may influence recovery. We aimed to determine whether depressed mood acutely after stroke predicts subsequent disability and mortality. METHODS As part of the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study, a population-based incident stroke case follow-up study performed in a multiethnic urban population, participants were asked about d...