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Prevalence of depression and use of antidepressant medication at 5 years post stroke in the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)

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posted on 2023-05-16, 20:26 authored by Seana GallSeana Gall, Dewey, HM, Sturm, JW, Macdonell, RAL, Thrift, AG
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE - There are few data on the prevalence or treatment of depression from unselected populations long-term poststroke. We assessed the prevalence of depression and antidepressant use at 5-years poststroke in an unselected stroke population. METHODS - Five-year survivors from a prospective community-based stroke incidence study were assessed for depression with the Irritability, Depression and Anxiety Scale. Medications indicated primarily for treatment of depression were recorded. RESULTS - At 5-years poststroke, 441 (45%) of 978 incident cases were alive (mean age=74±15 years, 49% female). Seventeen percent of those assessed were depressed. Twenty-two percent with depression were taking an antidepressant medication. Of those taking an antidepressant, 72% were not depressed. CONCLUSIONS - Although nearly one-fifth of survivors were depressed, few were taking antidepressants. Further exploration of this low level of treatment is warranted. © 2006 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Publication title

Stroke

Volume

37

Issue

11

Pagination

2854-2855

ISSN

0039-2499

Department/School

Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Publisher

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Place of publication

USA

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  • Restricted

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Clinical health not elsewhere classified

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