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Factors influencing pre-stroke and post-stroke quality of life among stroke survivors in a lower middle-income country

Authors: P. K. B. Mahesh, M. W. Gunathunga, S. Jayasinghe, S. M. Arnold, S. N. Liyanage

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 2/2018

Abstract

Quality of life (QOL) reflects the individual’s perception of the position within living contexts. This study was done to describe pre- and post-stroke QOLs of stroke survivors. A prospective longitudinal study was done among stroke survivors admitted to 13 hospitals in the western province of Sri Lanka. The calculated sample size was 260. The pre-stroke and post-discharge one-month QOL was gathered using short form-36 (SF-36) QOL tool. SF-36 includes questions on eight domains: general health, physical functioning, pain, role limitation due to physical problems, social functioning, vitality, role limitations due to emotional problems, and mental health. Univariate analysis was followed by determining the independent risk factors through multivariate analysis. The response rate was 81%. The disability was measured by the modified Rankin scale which ranges from 0 (no symptoms) to 6 (fatal outcome). The median (IQR) disability score was 4 (3 to 5). The post-discharge QOL scores were significantly lower than pre-stroke values (p < 0.05). With a higher pre-stroke QOL, younger age was significantly associated in six domains and higher income and better health infrastructure in two domains (p < 0.05). Six factors were determined to be independent risk factors for lower post-discharge QOL scores of SF-36: younger age (for general health and role limitation-physical domains), female gender (for physical functioning and pain domains), lower health infrastructure (for general health, vitality, and mental health domains), lower education (for pain domain), higher disability (for general health, physical functioning, vitality, social functioning, and mental health domains), and hypercholesterolemia (for role limitation-emotional domain). Stroke survivors have not regained their pre-stroke QOL at 1 month following the hospital discharge irrespective of income level and pre-stroke QOL. Higher pre- and post-stroke QOLs are associated with better statuses of social determinants of health.

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Title: Factors influencing pre-stroke and post-stroke quality of life among stroke survivors in a lower middle-income country
Authors: P. K. B. Mahesh
M. W. Gunathunga
S. Jayasinghe
S. M. Arnold
S. N. Liyanage
Publication date: 01-02-2018
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue 2/2018
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-017-3172-6

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