TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of anxiety and psychological well-being in chronic post-stroke patients
AU - D'Aniello, Guido Edoardo
AU - Scarpina, Federica
AU - Mauro, Alessandro
AU - Mori, Ileana
AU - Castelnuovo, Gianluca
AU - Bigoni, Matteo
AU - Baudo, Silvia
AU - Molinari, Enrico
PY - 2014/3/15
Y1 - 2014/3/15
N2 - Background and purpose Anxiety and depression are common psychological conditions in post-stroke patients. In the present study, their relation with perceived quality of life and psychophysical well-being was investigated. Methods In the present cross-sectional study, chronic post-stroke patients (n = 81; average years from stroke = 4 ± 4.6) were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the 36-item Short-Form Healthy Survey (SF-36) and the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI), as well as a brief neuropsychological assessment focused on the thinking ability and executive functions. Results Higher levels of anxiety compared to depressive symptoms were found. Hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that SF-36 predicts neither anxiety nor depression, and PGWBI subscales only partially. Conclusion Post-stroke anxiety can be a largely observed psychological distress in chronic patients: this pattern would be interpreted in relation to patients' expectations about their health status during a rehabilitation follow-up. SF-36 and PGWBI questionnaires did not provide satisfactory and reliable indexes: the relation between anxiety and both quality of life and psychological well-being needs further exploration.
AB - Background and purpose Anxiety and depression are common psychological conditions in post-stroke patients. In the present study, their relation with perceived quality of life and psychophysical well-being was investigated. Methods In the present cross-sectional study, chronic post-stroke patients (n = 81; average years from stroke = 4 ± 4.6) were assessed with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the 36-item Short-Form Healthy Survey (SF-36) and the Psychological General Well-Being Index (PGWBI), as well as a brief neuropsychological assessment focused on the thinking ability and executive functions. Results Higher levels of anxiety compared to depressive symptoms were found. Hierarchical multiple regressions indicated that SF-36 predicts neither anxiety nor depression, and PGWBI subscales only partially. Conclusion Post-stroke anxiety can be a largely observed psychological distress in chronic patients: this pattern would be interpreted in relation to patients' expectations about their health status during a rehabilitation follow-up. SF-36 and PGWBI questionnaires did not provide satisfactory and reliable indexes: the relation between anxiety and both quality of life and psychological well-being needs further exploration.
KW - Anxiety
KW - Cognition
KW - Depression
KW - Quality of life
KW - Stroke
KW - Well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84896709088&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84896709088&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.005
DO - 10.1016/j.jns.2014.01.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 24439199
AN - SCOPUS:84896709088
VL - 338
SP - 191
EP - 196
JO - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
JF - Journal of the Neurological Sciences
SN - 0022-510X
IS - 1-2
ER -