![]() Nonetheless, affective and mood impairments after a stroke have become an important theme of interest for research over the past years. However, few studies have specifically focused on anxiety after a stroke and much less is known in particular about post-stroke anxiety (PSA) in mild stroke patients experiencing early hospital discharge ( Campbell Burton et al., 2011 Chun, Whiteley, Carson, Dennis, & Mead, 2015 Moran et al., 2014). ![]() Previous research indicates that even though anxiety is related to the severity of disability in the aftermath of a stroke ( Barkercollo, 2007), frequency of emotional disorders in mild stroke patients (survivors experiencing no or mild neurological disabling impairments) is as high as its prevalence in general stroke population ( Altieri et al., 2012 Shi et al., 2015). Anxiety symptoms affect nearly one quarter to one third of stroke patients and thus are one of the most frequent psychological manifestations to occur after the event ( Barkercollo, 2007 Campbell Burton et al., 2013 De Wit et al., 2008). ![]()
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