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The long-term outcomes of depression up to 10 years after stroke; the South London Stroke Register

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryPublished 25 October 2013
Luis Ayerbe, Salma Ayis, Siobhan Crichton, Charles Wolfe, Anthony G. Rudd
Citations163
SJR quartileQ1
SJR score3.38
SNIP2.41

TL;DR

Investigation of the associations between depression and mortality, stroke recurrence, disability, cognitive impairment, anxiety and quality of life (QoL), up to 5 years post-stroke found depression is independently associated with poor health outcomes.

Abstract

Depression is independently associated with poor health outcomes.

Keywords

Medicine