Characteristics of the mental state in patients after acute stroke
- VernacularTitle:急性脑卒中患者发病后心理状态特征
- Author:
Hongwei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2005;9(9):180-181
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: In the past, much attention was paid mainly to the body symptoms like focal neurological impairment in stroke, but the accompanied psychological symptoms were ignored easily.OBJECTIVE: To investigate the psychosocial factor in acute cerebrovascular disease and the mental state after the attack.DESIGN: Observational case-control study based on patients and healthy people.SETTING: A neurology department in a university hospital.PARTICIPANTS: Totally 55 patients with stroke hospitalized in Neurology Department of Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Shaoxing Art and Science College and 35 healthy people taking physical examination from January 2001 to December 2003 in the hospital as controls.METHODS: Patients with acute cerebrovascular disease certified by CT/MR and people in control group took symptoms checklist-90(SCL-90) test within a month after attack.MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: SCL-90 scores of the two groups.RESULTS: The condition of mental state in patients with acute cerebrovascular disease was worse than that in control group( P ＜ 0.01 ). There existed obvious physical and mental reaction. It was found in subsection analysis that the size and location of the focus had relationship with the degree of mental disorder after attack and it was easier to have mental disorder if the affection lied in left cerebral hemisphere.CONCLUSION: It is necessary to give psychological intervention in prevention and cure of acute cerebrovascular disease. Recognizing bad effect of stroke on psychoactivity may help to guide the treatment.
