Journal of Home Health Care Nursing (가정∙방문간호학회지)
- Volume 15 Issue 1
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- Pages.5-13
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- 2008
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- 1738-7590(pISSN)
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression after Stroke
뇌졸중 환자가 경험하는 외상 후 스트레스 증후, 불안 및 우울
- Yoon, Hee-Sook (Stroke Center, SMC) ;
- Nam, Hye-Joo (Stroke Center, SMC) ;
- Park, So-Young (Stroke Center, SMC) ;
- Han, Jung-Hee (Stroke Center, SMC) ;
- Jang, Song-Ja (Stroke Center, SMC) ;
- Seong, Il-Soon (Nursing Dept II, SMC) ;
- Hwang, Moon-Sook (Home Healthcare Department of SMC)
- 윤희숙 (뇌졸중 센터) ;
- 남혜주 (뇌졸중 센터) ;
- 박소영 (뇌졸중 센터) ;
- 한정희 (뇌졸중 센터) ;
- 장송자 (뇌졸중 센터) ;
- 성일순 (병동 2파트) ;
- 황문숙 (가정간호파트)
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate for the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-related symptoms, anxiety, and depression after stroke. Eighty-four patients were enrolled between 2 and 12 months after their first ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke. Methods: PTSD symptoms were evaluated using the Impact of Event Scale (IES). The IES is a 15-item scale measuring intrusion and avoidance symptoms. The authors assessed mood alterations using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD). The HAD is a brief, 14-item, self-reported questionnaire used to detect symptoms of anxiety (HADA) and depression (HADD). The survey data were analyzed using the SPSS 10.0 program. Frequency, mean, standard deviation, percentage t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficient were determined. Results: Twenty nine of the 84 (34.5%) patients scored higher than the cutoff for PTSD on the IES (IES>26). With use of the HAD scale, 44% of the patients reached the cutoff for anxiety (