Predictive Markers of Post-Stroke Cognitive Recovery and Depression in Ischemic Stroke Patients: A 6-Month Longitudinal Study

Anna Tsiakiri, Spyridon Plakias, Pinelopi Vlotinou, Aikaterini Terzoudi, Aspasia Serdari, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Karakitsiou, Evlampia Psatha, Sofia Kitmeridou, Efstratios Karavasilis, Nikolaos Aggelousis, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Foteini Christidi · 2024

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Anna Tsiakiri and a large team of co-authors followed in 2024 patients with ischemic stroke for six months to find what predicts thinking recovery and depression. Survivors often face lasting harm across body, mind, and mood. The team measured thinking with screening scales and single tests in the acute phase and again at six months. Stroke severity, side, and daily function scores were also tracked.

Younger age and more schooling predicted better thinking recovery. Milder strokes and better daily function scores did the same, and also meant lower depression scores. The authors rank age, schooling, severity, and function as the key markers. Rehab plans shaped around those markers, they argue, can lift both thinking and mood outcomes.

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CREATORAnna Tsiakiri, Spyridon Plakias, Pinelopi Vlotinou, Aikaterini Terzoudi, Aspasia Serdari, Dimitrios Tsiptsios, Georgia Karakitsiou, Evlampia Psatha, Sofia Kitmeridou, Efstratios Karavasilis, Nikolaos Aggelousis, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Foteini Christidi
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE55 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11675357

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