Yang YB, Tang LP, Yu CY, Fu CL, Yang JP. Impact of motor anxiety on rehabilitation in elderly stroke patients: A retrospective study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(2): 111050 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i2.111050]
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Yang YB, Tang LP, Yu CY, Fu CL, Yang JP. Impact of motor anxiety on rehabilitation in elderly stroke patients: A retrospective study. World J Psychiatry 2026; 16(2): 111050 [DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i2.111050]
World J Psychiatry. Feb 19, 2026; 16(2): 111050 Published online Feb 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i2.111050
Impact of motor anxiety on rehabilitation in elderly stroke patients: A retrospective study
Yu-Bo Yang, Lu-Ping Tang, Chong-Yang Yu, Chao-Lang Fu, Jia-Ping Yang
Yu-Bo Yang, Lu-Ping Tang, Jia-Ping Yang, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ningbo Mingzhou Hospital, The Mingzhou Hospital of Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315000, Zhejiang Province, China
Chong-Yang Yu, Chao-Lang Fu, Department of Psychology, Ningbo Mingzhou Hospital, The Mingzhou Hospital of Zhejiang University, Ningbo 315000, Zhejiang Province, China
Co-first authors: Yu-Bo Yang and Lu-Ping Tang.
Co-corresponding authors: Chao-Lang Fu and Jia-Ping Yang.
Author contributions: Yang YB and Tang L designed the research study and analysed the data, and they contributed equally to this manuscript as co-first authors; Yang YB, Tang LP, and Yu CY performed the research and collected data; Fu CL and Yang JP supervised the study and provided critical revisions, and they contributed equally to this manuscript as co-corresponding authors; Yang JP acquired funding and acted as guarantor of the work; All authors contributed to data interpretation, manuscript preparation, and approved the final version. All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of Ningbo Mingzhou Hospital, The Mingzhou Hospital of Zhejiang University (Approval No. 202401027).
Informed consent statement: Patients were not required to give informed consent to the study because the analysis used anonymous clinical data that were obtained after each patient agreed to treatment by written consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Data sharing statement: The datasets used and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Jia-Ping Yang, MD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Ningbo Mingzhou Hospital, The Mingzhou Hospital of Zhejiang University, No. 168 Tai’an West Road, Yinzhou District, Ningbo 315000, Zhejiang Province, China. 15888503855@163.com
Received: July 15, 2025 Revised: September 3, 2025 Accepted: November 27, 2025 Published online: February 19, 2026 Processing time: 198 Days and 21.8 Hours
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Core Tip: This retrospective study examines the impact of motor anxiety on rehabilitation outcomes in elderly stroke patients. Patients with higher anxiety levels showed poorer functional recovery, increased fear of movement, and lower self-efficacy. Using validated scales (Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, Modified Rankin Scale, Self-Efficacy for Exercise Scale, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia, and Self-Rating Depression Scale), the study identified five independent risk factors for motor anxiety, including low self-efficacy, kinesiophobia, depression, and lower education and income. A predictive nomogram was developed and externally validated to evaluate motor anxiety risk. These findings emphasise the importance of psychological screening and personalised interventions during stroke rehabilitation to enhance functional outcomes and quality of life in elderly patients.
