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Different linkage o...
Different linkage of depression to hypercortisolism early versus late after stroke : A 3-year longitudinal study
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- Åström, Monica, 1941- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Psykiatri
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- Olsson, Tommy (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Psykiatri
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- Asplund, Kjell, 1943- (författare)
- Umeå universitet,Psykiatri
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- American Heart Association, 1993
- 1993
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Stroke. - : American Heart Association. - 0039-2499 .- 1524-4628. ; 24:1, s. 52-57
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- Using the dexamethasone suppression test, we studied the suppressibility of the cortisol axis and its clinical determinants at various time points after stroke. A major aim was to examine the dexamethasone test as a diagnostic tool for the diagnosis of major depression in stroke patients.The dexamethasone suppression test, major depression, functional ability, and disorientation were assessed in a cohort of 70 patients with acute stroke and after 3 months (n = 63) and 3 years (n = 43).Early after stroke, 24% of the patients were nonsuppressors, with about the same proportion at 3 months (22%) and 3 years (21%). None of the controls (17 healthy elderly volunteers) were nonsuppressors. High cortisol levels early after stroke were significantly associated with functional impairment (r = 0.35; p = 0.003) and disorientation (r = 0.27; p = 0.03). Three years after stroke, high postdexamethasone cortisol levels were significantly associated with major depression (r = 0.57; p < 0.001). The sensitivity of the dexamethasone test was 70% and the specificity 97%. In a longitudinal analysis of the long-term survivors (n = 42), postdexamethasone cortisol values at 3 months predicted major depression at 3 years.Hypercortisolism is associated with major depression late (3 years) but not early (0-3 months) after stroke. Patients with hypercortisolism 3 months after stroke are at risk of major depression later in the course and warrant careful follow-up from a psychiatric viewpoint.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Allmänmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- General Practice (hsv//eng)
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