Women are twice as likely to develop severe depressive symptoms after stroke compared with their male counterparts, new research shows.
In findings that have important clinical implications, investigators found more than 20% of women developed severe depression post-stroke compared to 10% of their male counterparts. The researchers also note that depression severity was linked to a greater mortality risk.
“Although the association between severe depression symptoms and mortality in patients with stroke has been reported, the sex differences and differential trajectories of symptoms over time demonstrated in this study have, to our knowledge, not been previously explored,” the researchers note…Read more
Source: Medscape Psychiatry