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. 2019 Nov 26;2019(11):CD009286. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009286.pub3

Jurcau 2016.

Methods Study type: interventional (clinical trial)
Actual enrolment: 89
Allocation: randomised
Intervention model: parallel assignment
Masking: unclear
Primary purpose: treatment
Participants Country: Romania
Setting: inpatient
At randomisation numbers allocated: N = 89
Experimental group: escitalopram = 43
Comparator group: ?secondary preventive treatment = 46
% male: unclear
Age: unclear
Subtype of stroke: unclear
Severity of stroke: unclear
Time since stroke onset: unclear
Inclusion criteria: unclear
Exclusion criteria: unclear
withdrawal criteria: unclear
Interventions Experimental: escitalopram 10 mg/day for 12 weeks
Comparator: ?secondary preventive treatment = 46
Outcomes Outcomes collected at 3, 6 and 12 months post‐stroke
  • NIHSS

  • BI

  • MMSE

  • BDI

  • HAM‐D17

Notes Does not appear to be a clinical trial register number

BDI: Beck Depression Inventory
 BI: Bathel Index
 FIM: Functional Independence Measure
 HAM‐D17: Hamilton Depression Scale
 MMSE: Mini‐Mental State Examination
 NIHSS: National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale
 od: once daily