Relationship Between Anxiety and Stroke Warning Signs in the Elderly
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
;
: 7-12, 2011.
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en Coreano
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to investigate the relationship between anxiety and stroke warning signs in the elderly.METHODS:
Data obtained from 1,078 subjects (256 men and 822 women) aged above 65 years was analyzed from Suwon Project, which was a cohort comprising of nonrandom convenience samples. All the subjects completed the study questionnaire including their demographic characteristics, history of current and past illnesses, drug history, Korean version-Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE), SGDS-K (Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form), BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory). Stroke warning signs were defined as 5 stroke warning signs consistent with the American heart association public health message.RESULTS:
There was significant relationship of anxiety and the number of stroke warning signs after adjusting age, sex, educational level and depression (beta=2.145, p<0.0001). On analysis of covariance, the interaction of the number of experienced stroke warning signs with sex on anxiety was observed after adjusting for the age, educational level, K-MMSE, and SGDS-K (p=0.011).CONCLUSION:
These results suggest that there was significant relationship of anxiety and stroke the elderly.
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Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Salud Pública
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Encuestas y Cuestionarios
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Estudios de Cohortes
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Accidente Cerebrovascular
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Depresión
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American Heart Association
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio de etiología
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Estudio de incidencia
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Estudio observacional
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Anciano
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
Año:
2011
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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