Title of article
Quality of Life After Stroke
Author/Authors
Birtane, Murat Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Medical Faculty of Trakya University, Edirne , Taştekin, Nurettin Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Medical Faculty of Trakya University, Edirne
Pages
6
From page
63
To page
68
Abstract
Several studies have shown that many strokesurvivors experience a decline in their Qualityof life (QOL) in terms of impaired physical, func-tional, psychological, and social health. Qualityof life is most often assessed by means of eitherstructured interviews or written questionnaires.Many questionnaires have been developedrecently for the evaluation of QOL in stroke andmany studies have been done on this subject. Inthis study QOL changes in stroke patients, theevaluation of QOL, the QOL measuring instru-ments and the results of clinical studies on the subject were discussed.
Keywords
Stroke , quality of life , measurement
Journal title
Balkan Medical Journal
Serial Year
2010
Journal title
Balkan Medical Journal
Record number
2685756
Link To Document