Determining quality of life in stroke survivors

作者：Javier Carod Artal Francisco

来源：Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research: Informing Decision-Making in the Delivery of Cost-Effective Healthcare , 2012, 12(2): 199-211.

DOI：10.1586/ERP.11.104

• caregiver
• outcome
• post-stroke depression
• quality of life
• stroke
• stroke scales

Post-stroke health-related quality of life (HRQoL) reflects a comprehensive view of subjective health and a measure of a person's perceived physical, mental and social health following stroke. Generic scales may enable comparisons between groups of patients with a diverse range of conditions, although they may underestimate the effect of stroke owing to its limited content validity. Stroke-specific HRQoL measures were designed to assess relevant domains that are important to stroke patients. The Stroke Impact Scale, the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale and The Burden of Stroke Scale are specific HRQoL instruments developed in the last decade. Demographic factors, comorbidity, stroke severity, disability and psychosocial factors (e.g., post-stroke depression and social support) are significant predictors of HRQoL in stroke survivors. Stroke caregiver burden and HRQoL are inversely correlated. HRQoL measures are increasingly used to evaluate the effect of some therapeutic interventions in stroke survivors.

• 出版日期2012-4