Objectives: This study was to identify the effect of physical therapy and related factors on depression in stroke patients. Methods: Questionnaires were completed by 46 stroke patients at physical therapy room in Busan Dongeui Medical Center from September 1999 to April 2001. The self-rating depression scale(SDS) was used to assess the differences for depression score in patients who had suffered a stroke. The design of this study was follow-up study between initial physical therapy and one month after initial. Results: A little decreased score(-0.17) was seen in patients treated with physical therapy in difference of depress between initial physical therapy and one month after initial, but there was no significant difference. In gender, male had -0.42 decreased score, female, on the contrary, had +0.09 increased score. Depress score for 50 years group was decreased(-2.08), but below 50 years and above 60 were increased in age (+1.25 and +0.27, respectively). There were no significant difference in weight, educational level, religion, side of paresis, and diabetes.
Significant variables related to difference of depress in multiple regression analysis were weight(p=0.0082) and diagnosis(cerebral infarction, hemorrhage)(p=0.0473, R2=0.4241). Conclusions: This study was indicated that the more weight was a higher, the higher difference of depress score-, was. Difference of hemorrhage patients was smaller than that of infarction patients.
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