Post stroke depression: risk factors and potential effects on functional recovery
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Post stroke depression: risk factors and potential effects on functional recovery

Kathy Davis Nurse researcher The Children’s Trust, Surrey, and independent specialist nurse consultant, Colorectal and pelvic floor disorders, London

A Turkish study investigated risk factors that may influence onset of post stroke depression and affect functional improvement after rehabilitation among 93 patients admitted to a specialist stroke rehabilitation clinic up to six months following a stroke.

Primary Health Care. 27, 8, 13-13. doi: 10.7748/phc.27.8.13.s16

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