| Objective:To explore the depression condition and related factors of first-onset patients with stroke in convalescent stage,and to accumulate clinical data for further intervention. Methods: 100 first-onset stroke patients in convalescent stage were investigated with a questionnaire on general condition and were evaluated with the Self-Rating Depression(SDS), the Activity of Daily Living Scale(ADL) and the Social Support Rating Scale(SSRS). The relationship between the scores of SDS and the general data ,the scores of ADL,SSRS of the patients were compared and analyzed. Results:The scores of SDS in the group were significantly higher than those of the Chinese norm (t=8.486,P=0.000). The positive rate of SDS was 44%. The score of SDS was significantly related to the patients'marital status, household,profession character, economy state, type of illness, the scores of ADL and SSRS(P<0.01,0.05),but not significantly related to sex, age, degree of education, type of payment, severity of diseases,and course of the disease. In multiple regression analysis,only the scores of ADL and SSRS and profession character entered into the regression equation: y=36.906+6.544x1+4.483x2-2.719x3(F=153.986,P=0.000).It could forecast 82.3% of scores variation of SDS. Conclusion:The rate of depression is rather high among the first-onse patients with stroke in convalescent stage.The depression happens likely and it is much more serious among the patients with a poor activity of daily living and social support or brain-workers were inclined to depression.In the clinical practice, more attention should be paid to these factors in order to give feasible intervention to help the patients recover earlier. |
