M.A. KUTLUBAYEV¹, A.F. NASRETDINOVA², L.K. FATKULLINA¹, V.A. VOYEVODIN¹, L.R. AKHMADEYEVA²

¹Republican Clinical Hospital named after G.G. Kuvatov,132 Dostoevsky St., Ufa, Russian Federation 450005

²Bashkir State Medical University, 3 Lenin St., Ufa, Russian Federation 450000

Kutlubayev M.A. — Cand. Med. Sc., staff-neurologist, tel. (347) 228-75-00, e-mail: mansur.kutlubaev@yahoo.com¹

Nasretdinova A.F. — resident of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, e-mail: omega2005_alia@mail.ru²

Fatkullina L.K. — Speech Pathologist-aphasiology of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Early Neurorehabilitation, tel. (347) 273-46-24¹

Voyevodin V.A. — Cand. Med. Sc., Head of the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine and Early Neurorehabilitation, tel. (347) 273-46-24, e-mail: vladimir_v@mail.ru¹

Akhmadeyeva L.R. — D. Med. Sc., Professor of the Department of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medical Genetics, tel. (347) 272-56-64, e-mail: la@ufaneuro.org²

We studied psychometric properties of the Russian version of Hospital variant of the 10-component Stroke Aphasic Depression Questionnaire (SADQH-10) in patients with prominent post-stroke speech disorders as well as clinical features of depression in this category of patients. The patients within 1 year after stroke were included. The total of 48 patients were investigated. SADQH-10 showed good psychometric properties (Cronbach-alpha 0,8). Depression was identified in 63% of patients (SADQH-10>6). Symptoms of depression were more prominent in patients with complex motor aphasia, hemorrhagic and recurrent strokes. The severity of depressive symptoms correlated with the degree of limb weakness and speech disorders. SADQH is a perspective tool for diagnosing depression in patients with post-stroke aphasia. The development of depression in stroke survivors with aphasia is associated with severity of both motor and speech deficits.

Key words: stroke, depression, aphasia, diagnosis, clinical features.

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