Stroke can be a life-threatening disease, but it is more often a disease resulting in chronic disability. In fact, it is the most likely cause of chronic disability in the elderly [1]. Stroke can affect many aspects of our behavior and personality. It can impair our ability to move, ...
Agreement between People with Aphasia and Their Proxies on Health-Related Quality of Life after Stroke, Using the Greek SAQOL-39g Health related quality of life (HRQL) measures are increasingly used to evaluate stroke interventions. People with severe aphasia after stroke may be unabl... M Ignat...
Stroke incidence in those of working age has been reported to be increasing significantly, implying strong incentives for research concerning working ability after stroke. This study focused on differences in subjective aspects of work and dimensions of quality of life after having experienced stroke. ...
Self-care self-efficacy was strongly correlated with quality of life and depression after stroke. Self-care self-efficacy, quality of life, and functional independence increased at 6 months after stroke and depression decreased. Functional independence was modestly correlated with quality of life at 6...
Conclusion: The approach provides the medical team another possibility to improve the accuracy in predicting QOL in stroke patients. Therapists could determine the therapies for stroke patients mor...
Objective: To investigate influences of personality traits on quality of life (QOL) over the first 3 months after stroke. Methods: Participants were interviewed 2 weeks after stroke with a follow-up after 3 months, with QOL (WHOQOL-BREF) measured on both occasions. Personality traits were ascert...
The best estimates of local, national, and global burden of stroke are derived from prospective population-based studies. We aimed to investigate the incidence, risk factors, long-term prognosis, care, and quality of life after stroke in the Ñuble region of Chile. Methods We did a ...
Objective:We aimed to compare quality of life (QOL) in women and men after ischemic stroke or TIA, and to determine the incremental impact of demographic, socioeconomic, clinical, and stroke-specific effects on longitudinal QOL.Methods:We assessed QOL in patients with ischemic stroke or TIA at...
Stroke rehabilitation has concentrated on patient-focused intervention, which has reduced the level of disabilities and has increased the number of stroke survivors being managed at home by caregivers. This study was aimed at determining the level of strain experienced by the caregivers of stroke survi...
The purpose of this existential-phenomenological study was to investigate the experience of life after stroke rehabilitation, to provide a holistic view for nurses and others in providing care. Analysis involved apart-to-whole dialectic; selected transcripts, including the bracketing interview, were analy...