Quality of Life during the First Two Years Post Stroke: The Restore4Stroke Cohort Study

Conclusions: Most improvement in QoL occurred up to 6 months post stroke and showed different patterns for specific domains of QoL and for patients with and without dependency in ADL in the first week post stroke. It is therefore important to differentiate between these different domains of QoL when the long-term perspective is considered. Furthermore, patients dependent in ADL consistently scored lower on all QoL domains and did not reach the level of QoL of patients independent of QoL.Cerebrovasc Dis 2016;41:19-26
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Source Type: research