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PSYCHOSOMATICS
Volume 43, Issue 5, Pages 386-393Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.43.5.386
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Most instruments used to assess poststroke depression have never been specifically validated in stroke patients. This stud's evaluated the depression screening abilities of three questionnaires and one observer-rated scale in 202 consecutive patients 1 month after they, experienced their first-ever ischemic stroke. At their respective optimum cutoff values, the sensitivity of the self-rated scales varied between 80% and 90%, while the specificity was about 60%. For the observer-rated scale (Hamilton Depression Rating Scale), sensitivity was 78.1%, and specificity was 74.6%. The instruments clearly performed better in men than in women. Despite this difference, it was concluded that all scales were acceptable screening instruments for poststroke depression.
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