A majority of stroke survivors received no treatment for depression, with sociodemographic differences driving the persistent treatment gap, according to a study published in Neurology.
“As a leading cause of disability, depression negatively interferes with stroke treatment, impedes stroke recovery and increases mortality risk,” Liming Dong, PhD, of the department of epidemiology at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, and colleagues wrote. “However, depression is largely undertreated in the stroke population.”
Dong and colleagues sought to examine