Aim: This study was conducted to assess the impact of st roke on qual i ty of l i fe of elderly and to identi fy the determinant of QoL in geriatric stroke patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was per formed on 100 Pat ients wi th history of cerebrovascular st roke at least three months ago. Al l participants were subjected to complete medical history taking, cogni tive assessment: using Mini -Cog and assessment of qual i ty of l i fe by the short form 36 heal th survey (SF-36) in i ts Arabic version Results: The cur rent study revealed that QoL of studied population was low wi th median score 34, and the most affected QoL domains were role l imi tation due to physical heal th (RLPH) and th at QoL was negatively cor related to age, duration, number of comorbidi ties and depression. Conclusions: HRQOL of elderly st roke patients is low, physical and emotional heal th is the mostly af fected. Most determinant factor for QoL domains and sub domains was age.
Sayed, S., El-Sudany, A., Kamel, H., Adel, M., & Hamza, S. (2015). Quality of Life and its Determinants after Stroke in Elderly Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2(2), 33-37. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5328
MLA
Sara Sayed; Ayman El-Sudany; Heba Kamel; Manar Adel; Sarah Hamza. "Quality of Life and its Determinants after Stroke in Elderly Patients". The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2, 2, 2015, 33-37. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5328
HARVARD
Sayed, S., El-Sudany, A., Kamel, H., Adel, M., Hamza, S. (2015). 'Quality of Life and its Determinants after Stroke in Elderly Patients', The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2(2), pp. 33-37. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5328
VANCOUVER
Sayed, S., El-Sudany, A., Kamel, H., Adel, M., Hamza, S. Quality of Life and its Determinants after Stroke in Elderly Patients. The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2015; 2(2): 33-37. doi: 10.21608/ejgg.2015.5328
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