Background Major depression is common in stroke patients and associated with increased
rates of disability and mortality. Identifying depression may improve mental and physical …

METHODS Setting. This study was conducted at Group Health Cooperative (GHC) of Puget
Sound during 1988 as part of a large senior health promotion demonstration project funded …

Most patients who survive a stroke experience some degree of physical recovery. Selecting
the appropriate outcome measure to assess physical recovery is a difficult task, given the …

The National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke initiated the
Stroke Data Bank, which is a multicenter project to prospectively collect data on the clinical …

The magnitude of disability among elderly stroke survivors is substantial. There have been
few community-based estimates of the contribution gender and older age make to stroke …

Objective To investigate associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and
later-life depressive symptoms; and to explore whether perceived social support (PSS) …

Background and Purpose The purposes of this study were to examine overall and domain-
specific quality of life in long-term stroke survivors and to identify variables that predict …

Objective The objectives of this work were to (1) determine whether higher doses of motor
therapy in chronic poststroke hemiparesis result in better outcomes, compared to lower …

Robinson-Smith G, Johnston MV, Allen J. Self-care self-efficacy, quality of life, and
depression after stroke. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2000; 81: 460-4. Objective: To determine …

The eight FICSIT (Frailty and Injuries: Cooperative Studies of Intervention Techniques) sites
test different intervention strategies in selected target groups of older adults. To compare the …