title: Clarifying the associations between anxiety, depression and fatigue following stroke.
abstract: Both psychological distress and fatigue are common post stroke. Although there is recognition that the phenomena are related, the nature of the relationship is unclear.Cross-sectional study of 98 independently functioning participants within 2 years of stroke. Significant relationships were observed between fatigue and general anxiety, health-related anxiety and stroke-specific anxiety (r range from .31 to .37). In the final regression model, depression, pain and stroke-specific anxiety were significant, accounting for 32 per cent of the variance in fatigue scores (p < .001). The findings provide insight into the importance of anxiety-related factors post stroke, their relevance to our understanding of post-stroke fatigue and their implications for post-stroke intervention.
authors.affiliation: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland gallign@tcd.ie.
authors.forename: Niall G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Galligan
authors.affiliation: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hevey
authors.affiliation: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.|Mercer's Institute. St James's Hospital, Ireland.
authors.forename: Robert F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Coen
authors.affiliation: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.|Mercer's Institute. St James's Hospital, Ireland.
authors.forename: Joseph A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Harbison
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: anxiety; fatigue; stroke