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PSDRS, BDI, MoCA and MMSE as screening tools for the evaluation of mood and cognitive functions in patients at the early stage of cerebral stroke.
| 1 | Jagiellonian University Medical College Department of Psychiatry |
| 2 | Jagiellonian University Institute of Applied Psychology, The Department of Neurobiology and Neuropsychology
Department of Neurology and Cerebral Strokes with a Subdivision for Cerebral Strokes at the Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital in Kraków |
| 3 | Jagiellonian University Medical College Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Psychology |
| 4 | Department of Neurology and Cerebral Strokes with a Sub- division for Cerebral Strokes at the Ludwik Rydygier Specialist Hospital in Kraków |
| 5 | Jagiellonian University Institute of Applied Psychology, The Department of Neurobiology and Neuropsychology
Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, |
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dorota Anita Przewoźnik
Jagiellonian University Medical College Department of Psychiatry, Katedra Psychiatrii UJ CM, ul. M. Kopernika 21 A, 31-501 Kraków, Poland
Jagiellonian University Medical College Department of Psychiatry, Katedra Psychiatrii UJ CM, ul. M. Kopernika 21 A, 31-501 Kraków, Poland
Submission date: 2015-06-24
Final revision date: 2015-08-11
Acceptance date: 2015-08-12
Publication date: 2015-09-19
Arch Psych Psych 2015;17(3):32–39
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ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Aim of the study: The evaluation of the usefulness of the PSDRS in detecting affective disorders. Examination of the correlation of depressed mood states with cognitive disorders in patients at an early stage of cerebral stroke. Attempt at a comparison of the effectiveness of detecting depressive and cognitive disorders with the application of selected clinical scales.
Material and Methods:
The examination included 43 patients within the first week after cerebral stroke. It was carried out with the application of two screening scales: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and two scales for the evaluation of the degree of depressiveness: Post-stroke Depression Scale (PSDRS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
Results:
A significant, negative correlation of the results of the PSDRS and MoCA scales was shown. Depressed moods in patients after cerebral stroke in a significant way statistically correlated with the disorders in the selected cognitive skills: visual and spatial functions, memory, attention functions and abstracting ability.
Conclusions:
The PSDRS and MoCA scales proved to be more effective tools of the evaluation of depressive and cognitive disorders in patients at an early stage after cerebral stroke, than it was observed in the case of conventionally applied MMSE and BDI scales. The examination results additionally prove a significant dependence between mood and the efficiency of cognitive functions in this group of patients. With the weakening of cognitive functioning, also the patients’ mood became depressed.
Aim of the study: The evaluation of the usefulness of the PSDRS in detecting affective disorders. Examination of the correlation of depressed mood states with cognitive disorders in patients at an early stage of cerebral stroke. Attempt at a comparison of the effectiveness of detecting depressive and cognitive disorders with the application of selected clinical scales.
Material and Methods:
The examination included 43 patients within the first week after cerebral stroke. It was carried out with the application of two screening scales: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and two scales for the evaluation of the degree of depressiveness: Post-stroke Depression Scale (PSDRS) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
Results:
A significant, negative correlation of the results of the PSDRS and MoCA scales was shown. Depressed moods in patients after cerebral stroke in a significant way statistically correlated with the disorders in the selected cognitive skills: visual and spatial functions, memory, attention functions and abstracting ability.
Conclusions:
The PSDRS and MoCA scales proved to be more effective tools of the evaluation of depressive and cognitive disorders in patients at an early stage after cerebral stroke, than it was observed in the case of conventionally applied MMSE and BDI scales. The examination results additionally prove a significant dependence between mood and the efficiency of cognitive functions in this group of patients. With the weakening of cognitive functioning, also the patients’ mood became depressed.
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