Factors Related to Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors

Risk Factors of Stroke Survivors’ Quality of Life

“…[10][11][12] On the other hand, another study reports the contrary. 8 This study also found that working after stroke is not significant in the multivariate analysis of the psychological domain of QOL. The fact of a stroke patient having returned to work after stroke did not increase the level of QOL over time.…”

“…Our result is similar with many previous studies. 4,[6][7][8]13 The association between age and score in the physical domain may be a function of age-related changes, as much as the stroke sequele. 5,6 The physical and psychological domain of QOL is lower in subjects who do not go back to work after stroke incident.…”

“…This approach might be an entry point to decrease depressive symptoms and improve stroke survivors' QOL. [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] There are some limitations in this study. This study did not assess the severity of stroke survivors so that the outcome of stroke becomes widened as different comorbidities can affect different domains.…”

“…Several factors have been shown to be associated with QOL, including increasing age, sex, educational level, working after stroke, marital status, physical disability, cognitive impairment, and depression. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] This study aims to determine stroke survivors' QOL and the associated risk factors including sociodemography, activity daily living (ADL), cognitive, and depression levels. This information may be helpful for health care providers to address strategies to improve stroke survivors' QOL.…”

Quality of life in aphasia: differences between fluent and non-fluent aphasic Augmentative and Alternative Communication users

“…Among the factors that influence the QOL, we can mention age, low educational level, mobility difficulties, depression, difficulties in social roles, and language changes (22)(23)(24) .…”