Quality of Life and Influence Factors in Patients with Stroke
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中患者生存质量及其影响因素
- Author:
Yanhong ZENG
;
Yaping CAI
;
Li LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
stroke, quality of life, influence factor, ordinal Logistic regression
- From:
Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice
2008;14(10):919-921
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the quality of life(QOL) of stroke patients and the influence factors.Methods The QOL of stroke patients was measured with Shot Form 36 Health Survey Questionnaire(SF-36) and questionnaire survey before discharge and six months after discharge;the patients' state of life was analyzed with the ordinal Logistic regression method to find out influence factors.Results The QOL of the stroke patients decreased obviously with an average sphere score between 38.18～67.57.Sphere scores increased during the six months of post-discharge,but only those of physical functioning(PF),role limitations due to physical health(RP),bodily pain(BP),general health perceptions(GH) and vitality(VT) rose significantly.Some common factors that would affect physical and mental health of the patients included: marriage state,economic conditions,medical care assurance,health care,psychological obstacles,rehabilitation and viability.Besides,age,the features of pathological changes and the complication had significant effect on the physical health of the patients,while children and aphasia affected mental health.Conclusion Early and canonical rehabilitation physical care,language and psychological training and so on,as well as family caring and nursing all are contributive to improve the QOL of the stroke patients.
