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Title: Depression, introversion and mortality following stroke.
Austin Authors: Morris, P L;Robinson, R G;Samuels, J
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, Victoria.
Issue Date: 1-Sep-1993
Publication information: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry; 27(3): 443-9
Abstract: In this study, we examined the influence of clinical depression and personality introversion on 15-month mortality following stroke. Ninety-four stroke inpatients were examined two months post-stroke for clinical depression and pre-stroke personality characteristics of neuroticism and introversion. Fifteen months later, the vital status of 84 of these patients was able to be determined. Seven (8%) of the 84 patients died. Mortality rate increased from non-depressed to minor depressed and to major depressed patients (1/48 [2%], 2/21 [10%] and 3/13 [23%], respectively) (chi 2[trend] = 6.6, df = 1, p = 0.01). Patients who died had higher depression symptom scores (mean +/- SD) than survivors (17.7 +/- 6.0 versus 9.9 +/- 7.1) (p = 0.006). Non-survivors were more introverted (i.e. had lower extroversion scores) than survivors (1.7 +/- 1.4 versus 4.2 +2- 2.1) (p = 0.004). In multivariate analyses, introversion and depression were independently associated with mortality. We conclude that personality introversion and depression are associated with increased mortality following stroke.
Gov't Doc #: 8250788
URI: https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/13295
Journal: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8250788
Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Aged
Cause of Death
Cerebral Infarction.mortality.psychology
Depressive Disorder.mortality.psychology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Introversion (Psychology)
Male
New South Wales.epidemiology
Personality Assessment
Sick Role
Survival Rate
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