Abstract

Mohamed Gamal Badr

This study was done on 45 stroke patients (25 males and 20 females) and their ages renge from 40 to 65 years old, within the first three months following stroke. Every patient was subjected to the following: full history, general and neurological examination, routine laboratory investigations, CT scan of the brain, Mini mental State Examination MMSE, Barthel ADL Scale. Depression was diagnosed according to DSM V criteria. Fifteen patients (33.3%) were found to be depressed. Post Stroke Depression was found to be more common in patients above 50 years, with positive family and past histories of depression and with left anterior hemisphere lesions being cortical more than subcortical ones. Scores of Barthel ADL Scale showed no significant difference between post stroke depressed and non-depressed patients. It's advisable to manage early the post stroke Depression in order to improve the outcome of stroke.