Stroke patients who are not successfully treated for depression are at higher risk of losing some of their capability to function normally, according to a study in the recent issue of the journal Neurology.
Although as many as a third of those who experience a stroke develop depression, a new study by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, the Schools of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indianapolis and the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center is the first to look whether managing post-stroke depression improves physical functioning.
The researchers report that individuals who remain depressed three months after a stroke are more likely to have decreased functional capabilities than those whose depression was successfully treated.
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