Trial reportDer Nervenarzt2009
[Interpersonal psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for post-stroke depression. Feasibility and effectiveness].
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The efficacy of antidepressant medication versus interpersonal psychotherapy for depression in middle-aged women: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis.Archives of women's mental health · 2026Pooled it
- Modifiers in Effects of Combined Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy versus Pharmacotherapy Alone for Adult Depression: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2026Pooled it
- Pharmacological, non-invasive brain stimulation and psychological interventions, and their combination, for treating depression after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for stroke recovery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Pharmacological, psychological, and non-invasive brain stimulation interventions for treating depression after stroke.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for stroke recovery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for stroke recovery.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Interpersonal psychotherapy for depression: a meta-analysis.The American journal of psychiatry · 2011Pooled it
- Therapeutic effect of cardiac rehabilitation on patients with long COVID combined with coronary heart disease: a retrospective study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Tailoring interpersonal psychotherapy to psycho-oncology patients (TIPTOP): feasibility study protocol.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Integrative-interpersonal dynamic therapy for poststroke depression (INID): study protocol of a randomised controlled pilot trial.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A network meta-analysis of the effects of psychotherapies, pharmacotherapies and their combination in the treatment of adult depression.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2020Article
- Efficacy of sertraline for post-stroke depression: A systematic review protocol of randomized controlled trial.Medicine · 2019Article
- Adding psychotherapy to antidepressant medication in depression and anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2014Article
- The efficacy of psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy in treating depressive and anxiety disorders: a meta-analysis of direct comparisons.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2013Article
- Pneumonia and in-hospital mortality in the context of neurogenic oropharyngeal dysphagia (NOD) in stroke and a new NOD step-wise concept.Journal of neurology · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundOnly few studies investigated the effectiveness of psychotherapy in post-stroke depression (PSD). The aim of this feasibility study was to compare interpersonal psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, and their combination regarding depression and rehabilitation outcome. PATIENTS AND
methodsPost-stroke depression was found in 35% of 485 stroke patients examined. Seventy-four PSD patients were randomised to one of three treatment conditions. Severity of depression was measured by the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. The Barthel Index and a questionnaire for health-related quality of life were used as measurements of rehabilitation outcome.
resultsThere were no significant differences between the three groups in patient mood or rehabilitation outcome. Concerning the severity of depression, quality of life, and social support, all patients showed benefits from antidepressive treatment. In addition a correlation was found between rehabilitation outcome and depression.
conclusionIn this feasibility study all antidepressive treatments were successfully implemented in the rehabilitation of post-stroke depressed patients. Combination therapy (interpersonal psychotherapy plus medication) was as effective as one of those elements alone. Because of the small sample size however, further randomized trials are required.
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