Why the study?
What is the prevalence and impact of anxiety during the first year post-stroke?
What is the prevalence and impact of anxiety during the first year post-stroke?
Anxiety is common in the first year post-stroke and predicts depression, highlighting the potential need for routine screening.
May support routine anxiety screening in post-stroke care; extends meta-analytic evidence on QoL impact and depression prediction.
Anxiety is common during the first year post-stroke. Since anxiety significantly influences quality of life and is a predictor for depression, it may be worth considering further routine screening post-stroke.
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Rafsten et al. (2018) studied this question.
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