Objective:To compare the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with stroke and their caregivers. Methods: This is an observational cross-sectional survey, involving 83 individuals who suffered a stroke. The participants were divided into four groups: group of individuals with stroke who have caregivers (44), group of individuals with stroke without caregivers (39), group of caregivers (44) and a reference group (83) in the period of March to May 2010. To assess QoL, the instrument used was the WHOQOL-bref. Results: The highest scores for the four fields were observed increasingly for the group of individuals with stroke with caregivers, the stroke group without caregivers followed by the group of caregivers and the reference group. The comparison of scores between groups showed that the presence of stroke and the fact of being caregiver affect QoL in all domains of WHOQOL-bref. Conclusion: It was possible to understand the negative impact that stroke causes in the lives of the affected ones and their caregivers, in order to better target public health policies.
LIMA, M. L. "Quality of life of individuals with stroke and their caregivers." 2010. 124f. Dissertation (Masters in Community Health). Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto-USP. There was a raise of chronic diseases occurrence in Brazil in the last decades, among them the stroke detaches itself. The stroke, frequently leads to functional losses and dependency for caregivers. The awareness comprehension of the Quality of Life (QOL) and the stroke impact to the patients and their caregivers become very important, once it shows itself as a healthy problem in the country. This research aimed to evaluate the QOL of patients suffering from strokes and their caregivers and describe the sociodemographic and clinical profile. It was a transversal inquire observational research developed in a city of Triangulo Mineiro involving 83 people who suffered a stroke are all assisted by the Family Health Strategy (EsSF). The participants were separated in 4 different groups: the ones with stroke who had caregivers (44); the ones with stroke without caregivers (39); caregivers group (44) and a reference group (83) from March to May 2010. It was used a questionnaire with the social demographic and clinic dates to the people with stroke and caregivers. To evaluate the QOL it was used the tool WHOQOL-bref (World Health Organization Quality of Life-bref) in all the groups. For both groups with of individuals with stroke has been applied another specific tool called SSQOL (Stroke-specific of Quality of Life). The average age of stroke people was 61,93 years old, most of them male, married, catholic, retired, underpaid and responsible for it, not properly educated and 53% had a caregiver. The caregivers were 49,25 years old, most of them females, daughters and sons, married, catholic, had another activity, underpaid and not properly educated, long care period and had no problems for this activity. The skemical stroke was the most common to be found, 5 or more years of diagnosis time, previous familiar case (41%), repetitions (20%) and 51% 51% of subjects had some degree of dependence. Among them we found, smoking (54%), drinking (27%) and high blood pressure (94%). About general QOL the stroke's group with caregivers showed a lower score. We observe that the physical, psychological and environmental domain, the average score was inferior to the stroke's groups with caregivers. The highest scores for those three groups were observed increasingly in the stroke's group without caregivers followed by caregivers group and the reference group. About the social relation domain, we could see that the stroke's group with caregivers score (71,02) was similar the average score from the stroke's group without caregivers (70,94). The scores' comparison showed that the stroke's presence and the fact of being taken care affects QOL in all the domain of the WHOQOL-bref. The QOL evaluated by SSQOL showed the most affected domain were: the personality, social chores and energy. When we compare both groups with stroke we can see that 6 of 12 domains showed...
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