The Role of Medical Conditions and Depression in the Functional Outcome of Stroke Survivors: A Review and Pilot Study

Abstract

This study is a secondary analysis conducted to describe the population of medically ill people who have had a stroke in terms of functional outcome over time. Functional outcome did not differ between stroke survivors with medical illness and those without medical illness at the two time periods studied. However, there was a difference in functional outcome over time between stroke survivors with medical illness who were depressed and those who were not.

Keywords:

• stroke
• stroke rehabilitation
• depression
• depression and medical illness
• stroke outcome and depression