The effect of psychological intervention on the patients with acute post -stroke depression

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of psychological intervention on rehabilitation of acute post-stroke depression patients. Methods 100 post-stroke depression were randomly divided into control and treatment groups, each group 50 cases. All the patients were treated with routine medicine and physical rehabilita-tion, and treatment group was received psychological intervention besides routine therapy. Hamilton depression scale, Fugl -Meyer and Barthel index of two groups were analyzed. Results Hamilton depression scale, Fugl -Meyer and Barthel index of two groups were different after treatment. Conclusions Psychological intervenetion were benefit to rehabilitation of post -stroke depression. Key words: Post -stroke depression; Psychological intervention; Behabilitation