Predictors and prognoses of new onset post-stroke anxiety at one year in black Africans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is relatively limited information on the risk factors and outcome of new onset Poststroke Anxiety (PSA) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We estimated incidence, cumulative incidence, risk factors and outcome of new onset anxiety in the first year of stroke among African stroke survivors.

Methods

We analyzed the dataset of a completed clinical trial comprising patients enrolled to test an intervention designed to improve one-year blood pressure control among recent (≤ one month) stroke survivors in Nigeria. Anxiety was measured using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Outcomes were assessed using the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Community screening instrument for dementia (CSID) and Health Related Quality of Life in Stroke Patients (HRQOLISP-26).<

SUBMITTER: Ojagbemi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673258 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature