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JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
Volume 172, Issue -, Pages 312-314Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.10.027
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Depression; Anxiety; Personality tualts; Stroke; Aphasia; Behavior
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Background: Post-stroke patients with aphasia have higher levels of psychological distress. We aimed to find the relation between post-stroke aphasia and depression, anxiety and personality traits. Methods: One month after stroke, 61 consecutive patients with stroke were included in this study. Thirty post-stroke patients with aphasia and 31 patients without aphasia. We used the following scales a clinical-friendly: Aphasic test, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Hamilton anxiety and Beck Depression inventory. Results: Depression and anxiety were more prominent among patients with aphasia than stroke without aphasia. Psychosis was more prominent among post-stroke patients with aphasia. Limitations: Our results may not exclusively exclude pre-morbid personality traits. Conclusions: Our study highlights the growing need to develop community rehabilitation services in the developing world, which address both physical and psychological morbidity. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
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