Quality of Life and its Determinants after Stroke in Elderly Patients

Abstract

Aim: This study was conducted to assess the impact of st roke on quali ty of life of elderly and to identify the determinant of QoL in geriatric stroke patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was performed on 100 Pat ients with history of cerebrovascular st roke at least three months ago. All participants were subjected to complete medical history taking, cognitive assessment: using Mini-Cog and assessment of quality of li fe by the short form 36 health survey (SF -36) in its Arabic version Results: The current study revealed that QoL of studied population was low wi th median score 34, and the most affected QoL domains were role limitation due to physical health (RLPH) and th at QoL was negatively correlated to age, duration, number of comorbidities and depression. Conclusions: HRQOL of elderly st roke patients is low, physical and emotional health is the mostly affected. Most determinant factor for QoL domains and sub domains was age.