Poster Session
Issue Date: August 2020
Published Online: August 01, 2020
Updated: September 09, 2020
Nonpharmacological Interventions for Poststroke Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Yejin Lee, MS; Brian Chen, MS; Alex Wong, PhD
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
Article Information
Evidence-Based Practice / Mental Health / Stroke / Prevention and Intervention
Poster Session   |   August 01, 2020
Nonpharmacological Interventions for Poststroke Depressive Symptoms: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411515448. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO8509
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2020, Vol. 74, 7411515448. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2020.74S1-PO8509
Abstract

Date Presented 03/28/20

This review identified five different types of nonpharmacological interventions aiming to alleviate poststroke depressive symptoms. These included complementary and alternative therapy, exercise, psychosocial therapy, multifactorial therapy, and cranial stimulation. The findings of the meta-analysis indicated that nonpharmacological interventions have a favorable effect on alleviating depressive symptoms after stroke at both postintervention and follow-up, especially psychosocial therapy.

Primary Author and Speaker: Yejin Lee

Additional Authors and Speakers: Brian Chen

Contributing Authors: Alex Wong