Índice de Depressão em sujeitos pós-AVC no municipio de Campina Grande - PB Index of Depression in Subjects Post-Stroke in the County of Campina Grande - PB

Objective. Assess the level of depression in subjects post-stroke submitted to physiotherapy in Campina Grande, Paraiba. Method. It’s cross-sectional, exploratory, descriptive and analytical, with quantitative approach. Were assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), sociodemographic questionnaire and the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), 42 subjects poststroke distributed in public institutions which provided physiotherapy in the city of Campina Grande, Paraiba, in the year, 2012. The data were expressed as aver age, standard deviation, frequency and frequency distribution using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences 20.0. This study was approved by the CEP/UEPB under number 0731.0.133.000-11. Results. Considering the analysis data of socio-demographics, there was a female predominance 57.1% and a mean age of 56.98 ± 12.09 years, ranging between 23 and 75 years. In general, when evaluated the presence and degree of depression in these individuals through the HAM-D, it was possible to observe a large contingent relationships between moderate and severe depression, totaling 50% of the sample. If considered individuals who had some degree of depression, the situation becomes more worrisome, 90.5% of subjects not fit this situation. Conclusion. Post-stroke depression is a risk factor present and was associated with female gender, ischemic stroke and functional impairment.