title: The effect of aphasia upon personality traits, depression and anxiety among stroke patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Post-stroke patients with aphasia have higher levels of psychological distress. We aimed to find the relation between post-stroke aphasia and depression, anxiety and personality traits.
  
  
  METHODS
  One month after stroke, 61 consecutive patients with stroke were included in this study. Thirty post-stroke patients with aphasia and 31 patients without aphasia. We used the following scales a clinical-friendly: Aphasic test, Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, Hamilton anxiety and Beck Depression Inventory.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Depression and anxiety were more prominent among patients with aphasia than stroke without aphasia. Psychosis was more prominent among post-stroke patients with aphasia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results may not exclusively exclude pre-morbid personality traits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study highlights the growing need to develop community rehabilitation services in the developing world, which address both physical and psychological morbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Assiut University Hospital, Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Floor # 7, Room # 4, P. O. Box 71516, Assiut, Egypt. Electronic address: ghaydaa83@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ghaydaa A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Shehata
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Taha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: El Mistikawi
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Al Sayed K
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Risha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
authors.forename: Huda S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hassan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010551:Personality; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Anxiety; Aphasia; Behavior; Depression; Personality traits; Stroke