Abstract
Introduction: In India stoke is a leading cause of death and acquired human disability. A review
of stroke outcome measures in 174 acute stroke trials showed that death was recorded
in 76%, impairment in 76%, disability in 42% and handicap in only 2%. One dimension
that is rarely measured is health-related quality of life (HRQOL) which aims to assess
the impact of disease from the perspective of the patient. Although there is an association
between neurological deficits and QL, they are not synonymous.
Objectives: study the health related quality of life with patients of stoke within 3 months of
stroke.
Methodology: Study Settings: Hospital based study- A continuation of Stroke Registry
Sample Size: We took 20 patients from the registry
The patients with fresh stoke attack and also who were attending the follow up within
the first 3 months of the attack was enrolled into the study. Basic demographic data
and the data of stroke outcomes were taken. HRQOL was evaluated using the WHO BREF.
Results: It was seen that majority (55%) of patients expressed a fair physical domain post
stroke. About 40% were of opinion that their physical domain was poor. Assessing the
psychological domain, majority of the patients said it was poor, 40% said that it
was fair. About half (50%) of the patients showed that they had poor environmental
domain, whereas only 35% it was fair.
Conclusion: The quality of life is hampered by stroke in majority of the patients.
Keywords
Stroke - quality of life - WHO-BREF
