Key result
Depression is linked to ~31-fold greater anxiety risk in stroke survivors at one year.
Why the study?
Poststroke anxiety affects rehabilitation outcomes, but its prevalence and associated factors at 1 year after rehabilitation required investigation.
Observational (n=171)
Yes
Odds Ratio: 30.7
Anxiety is prevalent in stroke survivors 1 year post-rehabilitation and is strongly associated with concurrent depression and medical complications.
Anxiety screening may be considered in stroke survivors with depression or complications; leaves open causal links and need for prospective trials.
Poststroke anxiety affects rehabilitation outcomes. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of and factors associated with anxiety among patients with stroke at the 1 year after rehabilitation from 9 tertiary centers. Anxiety, functional score, and quality of life were evaluated by the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-anxiety subscale (HADS-A), modified Barthel Index, and World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQoL-BREF), respectively. This study reveals 20 (11.7%) patients with stroke who developed anxiety, and 18 from 171 patients (10.5%) were new cases of anxiety, which was more than double the rate at discharge (4.7%). Factors related to anxiety were depression (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]: 30.7) and having complications (aOR: 12.48).
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Kuptniratsaikul et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Stroke (n=171). Depression and complications was evaluated on Anxiety (aOR 30.7). Depression (aOR 30.7) and having complications (aOR 12.48) were strongly associated with the development of anxiety in stroke patients at 1 year after rehabilitation.
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