Quality of Life Predictors in Chronic Stable Post-Stroke Patients and Prognostic Value of SF-36 Score as a Mortality Surrogate

In conclusion, anxiety, depression, and raised brain natriuretic peptide levels were the most important covariates of impaired QoL in post-stroke patients. Moreover, a decreased SF-36 score (≤40) represents an independent surrogate of increased additive mortality risk.
Source: Translational Stroke Research - Category: Neurology Source Type: research