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<p>The goal of all medical treatments is a better quality of life for patients. Post-stroke rehabilitation is a long process with uncertain result. The aim of this study was to explore the factors which affect the quality of life of patients recovering from a cerebrovascular disease. This is a prospective study evaluating the quality of life of one hundred patients one month and six months after a stroke, and patients also answered questions retrospectively, of how they felt before the stroke. As assessment tools we used a questionnaire on general and clinical data and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire. Physical functioning and Physical role domains of SF-36 show significant differences in both measured periods (p&lt;0.001). Emotional role, Social functioning, Mental health, Vitality and General health domains show a statistically significant change during first six months, while Bodily pain domain did not change (p>0.05). Physical summary score has changed significantly during 6 months (p &lt;0.001). Mental summary score showed no significant difference in both periods (p &lt;0.687; p &lt;0.958). The brain localization is important factor (p&lt;0.0002). Gender, age, education, employment status and previous strokes did not have a statistically significant influence (p> 0.05). Post-stroke physical impairment is not always accompanied by emotional impairment. Emotional functioning impairments generally return to the premorbid level during the period of six months, while physical impairments continue to occur. Further research is needed for better understanding of these relationships.</p>
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The goal of all medical treatments is a better quality of life for patients. Post-stroke rehabilitation is a long process with uncertain result. The aim of this study was to explore the factors which affect the quality of life of patients recovering from a cerebrovascular disease. This is a prospective study evaluating the quality of life of one hundred patients one month and six months after a stroke, and patients also answered questions retrospectively, of how they felt before the stroke. As assessment tools we used a questionnaire on general and clinical data and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire. Physical functioning and Physical role domains of SF-36 show significant differences in both measured periods (p<0.001). Emotional role, Social functioning, Mental health, Vitality and General health domains show a statistically significant change during first six months, while Bodily pain domain did not change (p>0.05). Physical summary score has changed significantly during 6 months (p <0.001). Mental summary score showed no significant difference in both periods (p <0.687; p <0.958). The brain localization is important factor (p<0.0002). Gender, age, education, employment status and previous strokes did not have a statistically significant influence (p> 0.05). Post-stroke physical impairment is not always accompanied by emotional impairment. Emotional functioning impairments generally return to the premorbid level during the period of six months, while physical impairments continue to occur. Further research is needed for better understanding of these relationships.

Quality of Life in Patients After Stroke

University of Novi Sad, Faculty of medicine

Department of internal medicine-endocrinology

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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The goal of all medical treatments is a better quality of life for patients. Post-stroke rehabilitation is a long process with uncertain result. The aim of this study was to explore the factors which affect the quality of life of patients recovering from a cerebrovascular disease. This is a prospective study evaluating the quality of life of one hundred patients one month and six months after a stroke, and patients also answered questions retrospectively, of how they felt before the stroke. As assessment tools we used a questionnaire on general and clinical data and Medical Outcomes Study Short Form (SF-36) questionnaire. Physical functioning and Physical role domains of SF-36 show significant differences in both measured periods (p0.05). Physical summary score has changed significantly during 6 months (p  0.05). Post-stroke physical impairment is not always accompanied by emotional impairment. Emotional functioning impairments generally return to the premorbid level during the period of six months, while physical impairments continue to occur. Further research is needed for better understanding of these relationships.

The goal of all medical treatments is a better quality of life for patients. Post-stroke rehabilitation is a long process with uncertain result. The aim of...

Quality of Life in Patients After Stroke

Publicado en línea: 01 feb 2023

Páginas: -

Recibido: 18 ago 2022

Aceptado: 20 ene 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0002

Palabras clave
Quality of life, stroke, SF-36

© 2022 Aleksandar Jovanovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Quality of Life in Patients After Stroke

Publicado en línea: 01 feb 2023

Páginas: -

Recibido: 18 ago 2022

Aceptado: 20 ene 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0002

Palabras claveQuality of life, stroke, SF-36

© 2022 Aleksandar Jovanovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
Quality of life, stroke, SF-36