Saturday, August 8, 2015

Natural History of Poststroke Apathy During Acute Rehabilitation

This is so simple to understand, survivors are apathetic because doctors give NO path or assurance that they can 100% recover. You might hear; 'All strokes are different, all stroke recoveries are different'. That fucking statement just proves to the patient that  NO one knows anything about stroke recovery. Anyone would be apathetic in that situation. Do these people not have two functioning neurons they can rub together for some intelligence?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26185903

Abstract

To better understand the natural history of poststroke apathy, the authors tested 96 patients undergoing acute rehabilitation for stroke using the Apathy Inventory. A total of 28% of patients had apathy. Their Apathy Inventory scores improved a mean of 1 point by week 2 and 2 points by week 3, with the majority of patients remaining apathetic at discharge. Apathy severity correlated with aphasia, weakness, and impaired cognition but did not correlate with depression. These findings suggest that acute rehabilitation is an optimal setting for clinical trials for poststroke apathy, because apathy is associated with poor outcomes and shows only a small degree of spontaneous improvement.

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