What is the recommendation from a meta-analysis of poststroke depression screening tools?
A meta-analysis of studies assessing poststroke depression screening tools (24 studies, N=2907) found several inventories with high sensitivity for detecting poststroke depression. Two of these studies evaluated patients in the acute phase 2 weeks after onset and found that depression screening tools showed good accuracy compared with the reference standard diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of However, further studies are needed to determine the optimal timing, setting, and follow-up for See Tables LXIII and LXIV in online Data Supplement 1.