Abstract: Incidence of depression symptoms and its related factors of stroke, including medical, psychological and social factors, were analysed and studied by Zung SDS amony 102 stroke patients at first contact during Oct 1998 to Jan 2000. The result showed that incidence of depression symptoms of stroke is about 44.12%, and there are six related factors including instabile introversion, former focus on hemispheres, family conflict, social support and hand function. The conclusion is that occurance of depression symptoms of stroke should be paid attention, and its medication and prognosis should be multidisciplinary.

Key words: stroke, depression symptoms, incidence, related factor