Elderly post-stroke depression clinical observation.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 3 Elderly post-stroke depression clinical observation [Keywords:] elderly stroke; depression; comprehensive treatment [Abstract] Objective To investigate the clinical treatment of post-stroke depression. Method of post-stroke depression in patients aged 70 cases were randomly divided into two groups, two groups were given routine post-stroke treatment, the treatment group to take Parossi Tingjia comprehensive treatment of psychological measures, the two groups before treatment and after 12 weeks of treatment respectively HAMD score and NIH-NINDS Stroke Scale to determine efficacy. Results In the treatment group than in the control group before and after treatment difference was significant (P amp;lt;0.01). Conclusion Parossi comprehensive treatment of psychological Tingjia post-stroke depression in elderly better therapeutic effect. [Keywords:] elderly stroke; depression; comprehensive treatment Depression is a common complication after stroke, 30% to 50% [1], patients have different levels of depressive symptoms. Elderly post-stroke depressive symptoms produce more obvious, seriously affecting the rehabilitation of patients. To this end we have post-stroke depression in elderly patients with comprehensive treatment measures taken, the effect is better, are summarized as follows reported. 1 Data and methods 1.1 General information on 70 cases in this group, both in January 2002 ~ May 2006 I inpatient or outpatient stroke patients, in line with the Chinese Medical Association, the Fourth National Cerebrovascular Disease Conference on the third revision of the diagnostic criteria, and The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAMD) assessment, scoring ≥ 18 points diagnosed depression. The treatment group 35 cases, 10 males, 25 female, aged 60 to 76 years, an average of 64.6 years, with 13 cases of cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction in 22 cases, HAMD score an average of 21.64 points, NIH-NINDS Stroke score was 9.46 points; control g