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Prevalence of depression and use of antidepressant medication at 5-years poststroke in the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study
- Source :
- Stroke. 37(11)
- Publication Year :
- 2006
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Abstract
- Background and Purpose— There are few data on the prevalence or treatment of depression from unselected populations long-term poststroke. We assessed the prevalence of depression and antidepressant use at 5-years poststroke in an unselected stroke population. Methods— Five-year survivors from a prospective community-based stroke incidence study were assessed for depression with the Irritability, Depression and Anxiety Scale. Medications indicated primarily for treatment of depression were recorded. Results— At 5-years poststroke, 441 (45%) of 978 incident cases were alive (mean age=74±15 years, 49% female). Seventeen percent of those assessed were depressed. Twenty-two percent with depression were taking an antidepressant medication. Of those taking an antidepressant, 72% were not depressed. Conclusions— Although nearly one-fifth of survivors were depressed, few were taking antidepressants. Further exploration of this low level of treatment is warranted.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics
Victoria
Population
Irritability
Cohort Studies
Epidemiology
medicine
Prevalence
Humans
Prospective Studies
education
Psychiatry
Prospective cohort study
Stroke
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Aged
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
Aged, 80 and over
education.field_of_study
Depressive Disorder
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Incidence
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Antidepressive Agents
Female
Neurology (clinical)
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Cohort study
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15244628
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Stroke
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....705ab02de10d3b10963949d0b741958d