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Racial and ethnic disparities in post-stroke depression detection.

Jia H, Chumbler NR, Wang X, Chuang HC, Damush TM, Cameon R, Williams LS. Racial and ethnic disparities in post-stroke depression detection. International journal of geriatric psychiatry. 2010 Mar 1; 25(3):298-304.

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Abstract:

White, non-Hispanic VA acute stroke patients were more likely to be diagnosed with PSD, even controlling for sociodemographic and clinical characteristics. Whether these findings suggest racial/ethnic differences in symptom endorsement by patients or in symptom recognition by providers is not clear.





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