(Stroke. 2000;31:2995.)
© 2000 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Quality of Life Among Stroke Survivors Evaluated 1 Year After Stroke
Experience of a Stroke Unit
From the Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Correspondence to Dr Javier Carod-Artal, Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario San Carlos, Calle Profesor Martín Lagos s/n, CP 28040, Madrid, Spain. E-mail javier{at}bsb.sarah.br
Background and Purpose—We sought to study overall and domain-specific quality of life in stroke survivors 1 year after stroke and to identify variables that could predict quality of life after stroke.
Methods—We followed up for 1 year a cohort of 118 patients consecutively admitted to our stroke unit at San Carlos University Hospital in Madrid, Spain. The final series at 1-year follow-up consisted of 90 survivors (41 women and 49 men; mean age, 68 years; range, 32 to 90 years). A cross-sectional, descriptive design was developed. Patients completed a questionnaire that included socioeconomic variables, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, Sickness Impact Profile (SIP), Short Form 36, Frenchay Index, Barthel Index, Rankin Scale, and Scandinavian Stroke Scale. Independent variables were sex, age, functional status, motor impairment, and depression. We developed an ANOVA model for statistical analysis.
Results—We interviewed 79 patients with ischemic and 11 with hemorrhagic stroke. Thirty-eight percent of patients scored in the depressed range. Variables related to depression were status as a housewife, female sex, inability to work because of disability, and diminished social activity (P<0.0001). Mean total SIP (24.3), SIP psychosocial dimension (27.5), and SIP physical dimension (21.2) were correlated with disability, female sex, motor impairment, and depression (P<0.0001).
Conclusions—Functional status and depression were identified as predictors of quality of life. Patients independent in their activities of daily living suffered from a deterioration of the psychosocial dimension of the SIP.
Key Words: disability evaluation • quality of life • stroke assessment • stroke outcome
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