The Relationship Between Sensory Processing, Depression and Quality of Life After Stroke

Avivit Fuks Sharony; Batya Engel-Yeger

doi:10.1080/0164212x.2025.2469504

The Relationship Between Sensory Processing, Depression and Quality of Life After Stroke

Avivit Fuks Sharony, Batya Engel-Yeger

Department of Occupational Therapy

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This study examines the presence of atypical sensory processing patterns after stroke and their relationship to depression and to quality of life (QOL). Thirty stroke survivors and 30 healthy controls, from a medical center in central Israel, completed a health/sociodemographic questionnaire, MOCA, AASP, BDI-II, WHOQOL-BREF. Among stroke survivors, higher prevalence of atypical sensory processing was found. Sensory processing patterns correlated with depression severity and were the main predictor of lower QOL. Sensory processing and emotional challenges should be evaluated in stroke survivors by occupational therapists. Implications for daily function and QOL should be considered. Therefore, occupational therapists should be an integral part of stroke intervention team.

Original language	English
Journal	Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0164212x.2025.2469504
State	Accepted/In press - 2025

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Keywords

depression
occupational therapy
quality of life
Sensory processing
stroke

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Applied Psychology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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