Abstract
Objective To determine the impact of family cohesion and adaptability on depression of young patients with stroke. Methods A total of 188 young patients with stroke were recruited from rehabilitation departments of three class III grade A hospitals in Wenzhou by convenience sampling method from January to December 2016. The status quo of family cohesion and adaptability and depression of these patients was investigated, and the relationship between them was analyzed by correlation and regression analysis. Results The total score of depression in young patients with stroke was (25.71±6.11) points. The correlative analysis showed that there were negative correlations between score of actual family cohesion, score of actual family adaptability and score of depression (P<0.05) . The regression analysis showed that actual family cohesion and actual family adaptability could independently explain 41.6% of the variance for depression of young patients with stroke after controlling demographic variables. Conclusions Family cohesion and adaptability could predict depression of young patients with stroke. Improve the actual family cohesion and actual family adaptability can help to reduce the level of depression in young stroke patients Key words: Stroke; Depression; Youth; Family; Cohesion; Adaptability
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