Deans' stroke musings: Depression is an independent determinant of life satisfaction early after stroke

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Depression is an independent determinant of life satisfaction early after stroke

This is so simple, the determinants of satisfaction are how close you get to 100% recovery. You don't have to solve the depression problem if you solve the primary problem of 100% recovery.

Depression is an independent determinant of life satisfaction early after stroke

Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (formerly the Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine) , Volume 49(3) , Pgs. 223-227.

NARIC Accession Number: J81399. What's this?
ISSN: 1650-1977.
Author(s): Oosterveer, Daniella M.; Rambaran Mishre, Radha; Van Oort, Andrea; Bodde, Karin; Aerden, Leo A. M..
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 5.
Abstract: Study investigated the determinants of life satisfaction in a large group of stroke patients shortly after discharge from hospital. A total of 284 stroke-surviving patients were examined by a specialized nurse 6 weeks after discharge from hospital or rehabilitation setting. Participants completed a standardized history and several screening lists, including the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire (LiSat-9), the Fatigue Severity Scale, and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Step-wise regression was used to identify independent determinants of life satisfaction. One hundred seventeen participants answered all of the Lisat-9 questions. There were some differences between the patients who completed the Lisat-9 and those who did not; those who did not complete the Lisat-9 were older, less frequently lived in a house with a stairs, and were more often living alone. Most patients (66.5 percent) rated their life as a whole as "satisfying" or "very satisfying". More depressive symptoms were independently associated with lower life satisfaction. Findings suggest most stroke survivors are satisfied with their life early after a stroke. The score on the HADS depression items is independently associated with life satisfaction. Physicians should therefore pay close attention to the mood of these patients. Life satisfaction is reduced in stroke patients. However, as a rule, rehabilitation goals are not aimed at life satisfaction, but at activities and participation. In order to optimize life satisfaction in stroke patients, rehabilitation should take into account the determinants of life satisfaction.
Descriptor Terms: CLIENT SATISFACTION, DEPRESSION, OUTCOMES, REHABILITATION, STROKE.

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Citation: Oosterveer, Daniella M., Rambaran Mishre, Radha, Van Oort, Andrea, Bodde, Karin, Aerden, Leo A. M.. (2017). Depression is an independent determinant of life satisfaction early after stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (formerly the Scandinavian Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine) , 49(3), Pgs. 223-227. Retrieved 8/20/2019, from REHABDATA database.