Post-stroke depression in Ghana: Characteristics and correlates

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 379, Issue , 2017, Pages 261-265

  Sarfo, Fred Stephen ^a,b   Jenkins, Carolyn ^c   Singh, Arti ^a   Owolabi, Mayowa ^d   Ojagbemi, Akin ^d   Adusei, Nathaniel ^b   Saulson, Raelle ^c   Ovbiagele, Bruce ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Disability; Ghana; Post stroke depression; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GHANA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; POST-STROKE DEPRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANKIN SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; SURVIVORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 85021100305     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: 18785883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.06.032     Document Type: Article

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