Key result
Employment status (P=0.037) and education (P=0.048) predicted depressive symptoms in the acute phase, whereas dependency (P=0.002) and income (P=0.012) were predictors at 1 year post-stroke or TIA.
Why the study?
Depressive symptoms follow stroke in about one third of patients and adversely affect rehabilitation and quality of life, prompting evaluation of socioeconomic predictors of these symptoms.
Population
233 consecutive patients with acute ischemic stroke or TIA
Design
Cohort study
Follow-up
Mean of 14.7 months
Authors
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Socioeconomic factors may signal timed post-stroke depression risk; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Cohort (n=233)
Predictors of depressive symptoms after ischemic stroke or TIA shift from education and employment in the acute phase to income and functional dependency at 1 year.
Mirolovics et al. (2020) conducted a cohort in Acute ischemic stroke or TIA (n=233). Socioeconomic factors and disability was evaluated on Severity of depressive symptoms (CES-D, BDI). Employment status (P=0.037) and education (P=0.048) predicted depressive symptoms in the acute phase, whereas dependency (P=0.002) and income (P=0.012) were predictors at 1 year post-stroke or TIA.
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