Naghmeh Mokhber; Mahmoudreza Azarpajooh; Negar Asgharipoor
Volume 20, Issue 3 , September and October 2013, , Pages 242-248
Abstract
Aim: In this study, we evaluated personality traits and disorders among patients with CPS using Millon Test.
Material and Method:This survey was a descriptive analytic study. We evaluated all of the patients with CPS in outpatients clinic of Avesina and Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of medical ...
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Aim: In this study, we evaluated personality traits and disorders among patients with CPS using Millon Test.
Material and Method:This survey was a descriptive analytic study. We evaluated all of the patients with CPS in outpatients clinic of Avesina and Ghaem Hospital, Mashhad University of medical Sciences. Finally, 74 patients with CPS and 100 normal volunteers were recruited and Millon test was performed by a psychiatrist who was blind to the diagnosis.
Finding:In this study, 74.2% of the patients and 31.5% of control group had at least one pathological personality trait (P
Mahmoodreza Azarpajooh; Naghmej Mokhber; Negar Asgharipour
Volume 20, Issue 1 , March and April 2013, , Pages 6-14
Abstract
Background: Post stroke depression is a common state after stroke causing disability and affects cognitive status in patients. Present study tried to show the effect of citalopram on post stroke depression as well as cognitive state. Materials and methods: in clinical trial study all patients with ...
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Background: Post stroke depression is a common state after stroke causing disability and affects cognitive status in patients. Present study tried to show the effect of citalopram on post stroke depression as well as cognitive state. Materials and methods: in clinical trial study all patients with acute ischemic stroke who had been consecutively admitted to the Ghaem Hospital (from 1388-1389), in Mashhad were evaluated for inclusion in the study.(218 person).In first visit neurological tests and hamilton rating test for depression were taken. At last 89 patients admitted az sample of study. Cognitive impairment was assessed with the Dementia Rating Scale (DRS). The severity of the depressive symptoms was measured by Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D).Then they were classified into those with severe depressive symptoms (HAM-D >20; N=18), with mild depressive symptoms (HAM-D scores 12-19; N=39) and non-depressed patients (HAM-D scores < 12; N=32). Patients with severe depressive symptoms were treated with citalopram. Statistical analysis was performed using spss version 11.
Results: HRDS, MMSE and DRS scores had significant change at the baseline and the end of study in group treated by citalopram. There were significant differences between DRS scores in attention domain at the baseline and the end of study in both citalopram group and without depression. Conclusion: These data suggest that treatment of depressive symptoms in the acute phase of stroke improves both mood and cognition and would be a reasonable treatment for patients suffering post stroke depression and cognitive change after stroke