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Affective temperament in stroke patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Erhan Kurt,
Ilhan Karacan,
Nihal Ozaras and
Gazi Alatas
Erhan Kurt
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
Ilhan Karacan*
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Nihal Ozaras
Affiliation:
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vakif Gureba Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Gazi Alatas
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Bakirkoy Training and Research Hospital for Psychiatry and Neurology, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Associate Professor Ilhan Karacan, Kartaltepe mah Ahu sk 5/9, 34730 Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey. Tel: 90 212 534 6900; Fax: 90 212 6217580; E-mail: ilhankaracan@hotmail.com
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Abstract

Objective:

The aims of this study were to determine the dominant affective temperament changes in stroke survivors and whether temperament affects the disability.

Methods:

A total of 63 stroke patients were included in this study. Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris and San Diego Autoquestionnaire was used to determine the dominant affective temperament (depressive, hyperthymic, cyclothymic, irritable or anxious). The disability level was measured with the Barthel index (BI).

Results:

Depressive temperament (17.5%) and anxious temperament (12.7%) were the most common dominant affective temperaments. The frequencies of irritable, cyclothymic and hyperthymic temperaments were 4.8, 3.2 and 0%, respectively. The mean BI score was 78.1 ± 18.3 in patients with depressive temperament and 67.4 ± 28.4 in patients without depressive temperament (p = 0.403). The mean BI score was 78.1 ± 15.3 in patients with anxious temperament and 68.0 ± 28.3 in patients without anxious temperament (p = 0.541). Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that BI score was not associated with affective temperament changes.

Conclusion:

The results of the current study suggest that depressive and anxious temperaments are the most common affective temperaments and that there appears to be no association between disability level and dominant affective temperament in stroke survivors.

Keywords

affective temperamentdisabilityprevalencestroke

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Research Article
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2008, pp. 295 - 299
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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