Results 26.4% of the patients suffered from anxiety symptoms, 14.0% from depressive symptoms and 7.9% from both.Anxiety symptoms were associated with single marital state (OR 2.53, 95% CI 1.18–5.41) and a low Mini Mental StateExamination (MMSE) score (<26 points) (OR 0.53, 95% CI 0.31–0.87) whereas depressive symptoms were related to alow Barthel Activities of Daily Living index (BI) (score<90 points) (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.15–0.88).Conclusion The present study indicates that anxiety symptoms are more frequent than depressive symptoms in the acutestage of ischemic stroke. It is important to focus on both anxiety and depressive symptoms throughout the rehabilitationphase in order to ease the patients’ personal anguish and improve neurological outcome after stroke. Copyright # 2006John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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