Poststroke agitation and aggression and social quality of life: a case control study.

CONCLUSION: In this study sample, agitation/aggression was preponderantly of the passive type and was associated with poorer HRQoL independently from depression or medical conditions. Patients with both passive and active agitation/aggression had lower Quality of Life (QoL) than patients with only passive agitation/aggression. The causality of the association between low QoL and agitation/aggression needs to be explored in future studies.
PMID: 27603431 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - September 6, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Lau CG, Tang WK, Liu XX, Liang HJ, Liang Y, Wong A, Mok V, Ungvari GS, Wong KS, Kim JS, Paradiso S Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research