Relationship Between Anxiety and Stroke Warning Signs in the Elderly.
- Author:
Su Hyun LEE
1
;
Sang Hyun KOH
;
Yunhwan LEE
;
Joung Hwan BACK
;
Young Ki CHUNG
;
Hyun Chung KIM
;
Chang Hyung HONG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea. antiaging@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Anxiety;
Stroke warning signs;
Elderly
- MeSH:
Aged;
American Heart Association;
Anxiety;
Cohort Studies;
Depression;
Humans;
Male;
Public Health;
Surveys and Questionnaires;
Stroke
- From:Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
2011;15(1):7-12
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety and stroke warning signs in the elderly. METHODS: Data obtained from 1,078 subjects (256 men and 822 women) aged above 65 years was analyzed from Suwon Project, which was a cohort comprising of nonrandom convenience samples. All the subjects completed the study questionnaire including their demographic characteristics, history of current and past illnesses, drug history, Korean version-Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE), SGDS-K (Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form), BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory). Stroke warning signs were defined as 5 stroke warning signs consistent with the American heart association public health message. RESULTS: There was significant relationship of anxiety and the number of stroke warning signs after adjusting age, sex, educational level and depression (beta=2.145, p<0.0001). On analysis of covariance, the interaction of the number of experienced stroke warning signs with sex on anxiety was observed after adjusting for the age, educational level, K-MMSE, and SGDS-K (p=0.011). CONCLUSION: These results suggest that there was significant relationship of anxiety and stroke the elderly.
