title: Poststroke depression in Chinese patients: frequency, psychosocial, clinical, and radiological determinants.
abstract: This study attempted to evaluate the psychosocial, clinical, and radiological predictors of poststroke depression (PSD) in Chinese patients. One hundred eighty-nine patients participated in the study. Three months after the index stroke, a psychiatrist administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV to all of the patients and made a DSM-IV diagnosis of depression. In addition, a host of demographic, clinical, and radiological variables were examined. Thirty-one (16.4%) of the patients had a diagnosis of PSD that included major depression (n=11, 5.8%,), minor depression (n=16, 8.5%), or dysthymia (n=4, 2.1%). Univariate analysis revealed that PSD was associated with female gender, a lower level of education, a lower Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS) score, subcortical infarcts, and lesions in the anterior cerebral artery (ACA) territory, and the Modified Life Event Scale (MLES) score was borderline for statistical significance. Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested that female gender, a high MLES score, and subcortical and ACA lesions were independent risk factors for PSD and that a high LSNS score was a protective factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. tangwk@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Wai Kwong
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Sandra S M
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Helen F K
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
authors.forename: Ka Sing
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Timothy C Y
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Kwok
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Polly S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: Anil T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Ahuja
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D002681:China; D003710:Demography; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012944:Social Support; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*