PhD Student Harris Publishes First Article in Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

PhD student Gabrielle Harris recently published her first article entitled "Depression and Functional Status Among African American Stroke Survivors in Inpatient Rehabilitation" in the Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. Co-authors include Qing Yang as well as experts from Winston Salem State University School of Nursing, Carolinas Medical Center and Duke Clinical Research Institute.

Abstract: To examine the prevalence of poststroke depression (PSD) among African American stroke survivors and the association of depression with functional status at inpatient rehabilitation facility (IRF) discharge. In this study, 15% of the African Americans who received rehabilitation after a stroke had documentation of PSD but this was not associated with functional status at discharge.