Quality of Life in Patients after Stroke

Domain	Time point	Min	Max	Average	SD	p
PF	before the stroke	40.00	100.00	92.2	13.4	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	61.7	30.4	1 m / 6 m < 0,001
	6 months after	10.00	100.00	78.5	22.8	6 m / before < 0,001
RP	before the stroke	25.00	100.00	87.1	21.7	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	46.2	33.0	1 m / 6 m < 0,001
	6 months after	0.00	100.00	68.1	27.1	6 m / before < 0,001
RE	before the stroke	25.00	100.00	92.2	17.1	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	86.1	26.0	1 m / 6 m = 0.037
	6 months after	50.00	100.00	91.9	13.4	6 m / before = 0.149
SF	before the stroke	12.50	100.00	92.5	22.4	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	82.1	25.1	1 m / 6 m = 0.034
	6 months after	25.00	100.00	86.7	20.7	6 m / before = 0.170
BP	before the stroke	12.00	100.00	94.4	17.7	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	84.4	25.7	1 m / 6 m = 0.062
	6 months after	12.00	100.00	91.6	21.3	6 m / before = 0.126
MH	before the stroke	10.00	100.00	82.5	17.1	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	76.7	21.3	1 m / 6 m = 0.021
	6 months after	35.00	100.00	81.2	18.8	6 m / before = 0.227
VT	before the stroke	18.75	100.00	81.4	18.2	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	71.0	21.2	1 m / 6 m = 0.011
	6 months after	25.00	100.00	72.1	21.9	6 m / before = 0.807
GH	before the stroke	35.00	100.00	75.6	19.1	-
	1 month after	0.00	100.00	61.5	20.9	1 m / 6 m < 0,001
	6 months after	25.00	100.00	66.0	19.3	6 m / before = 0,214

* PF - physical functioning; RP - role limitations due to physical health; RE - role limitations due to emotional problems; SF - social functioning; BP – bodily pain; MH - mental health; VT - vitality, GH - general health.

Table 2.

Results of Physical summary score and Mental summary score.

	Data point	Average value	Min	Max	SD	p
PHYSICAL SUMMARY SCORE	Before	53,7	37,5	61,6	5,6	-
	1 month after	41,6	23,4	57,4	9,4	1 m / 6 m < 0,001
	6 months after	47,7	32,1	58,0	6,7	6 m / before < 0,001
MENTAL SUMMARY SCORE	Before	55,2	29,4	65,8	9,1	-
	1 month after	54,8	17,9	64,7	10,1	1 m /6 m < 0,687
	6 months after	55,1	21,0	65,1	8,6	6 m / before < 0,958

Table 3.

Results of general and neurological caracteristics in relation to the Physical summary score results.

Variable	SS	degree	MS	F	P
Gender	2.75	1	2.75	2.017	0.158
Age	0.66	4	0.16	0.470	0.757
Education	1.56	4	1.39	1.993	0.241
Employment	0.98	1	0.76	0.376	0.845
Stroke localization	11.43	8	1.429	4.711	0.0002
Previous cerebral incidents	0.74	4	0.187	0.520	0.714

Table 4.

Analysis of the Physical summary score in relation to the time point of the study and the location of the stroke.

PHYSICAL SUMMARY SCORE	Time point	DF	SS	MS	F	P
	before	4	6.158	1.540	3.150	0.017
	1 month after	4	12.325	3.081	3.048	0.020
	6 months after	4	9.563	2.390	6.484	0.000

Table 5.

Mean value, standard deviation and the significance of differences of the Physical summary score in relation to the location of stroke

Localization of the stroke	Before stroke	SD	After 1 month	SD	After 6 months	SD	P 1m / 6 m	P 6 m / before
Left	4.454	1.175	4.181	1.424	4.818	0.583	0.000	0.000
Right	5.000	0.000	4.777	0.427	5.000	0.000	0.209	1.000
Cerebellum	5.000	0.000	4.647	0.485	4.764	0.430	0.190	0.945
Both sides	4.750	0.452	4.250	1.356	4.000	1.279	0.505	0.046
Brain stem	5.000	0.000	3.000	0.000	4.000	0.000	0.000	0.047

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2022-0002 | Journal eISSN: 2956-2090 (formerly 2335-075X, 2956-0454) | Journal ISSN: 2956-0454 (formerly 1820-8665)

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Language: English

Page range: 267 - 274

Submitted on: Aug 18, 2021

Accepted on: Jan 20, 2022

Published on: Feb 1, 2023

Published by: University of Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences

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Keywords:

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