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dc.creator | T. Martins | |
dc.creator | José Luís Pais Ribeiro | |
dc.creator | C. Garrett | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-09-09T22:54:58Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-09-09T22:54:58Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0210-0010 | |
dc.identifier.other | sigarra:83985 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10216/15689 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Introduction and aim. After acute episode, a great number of individuals who survive a stroke have impairments that impede them to carry out with autonomy a set of basic activities of daily life and instrumental activities of daily life. The clinical evaluation health self perception is a useful element on patient's recovering process. The purpose of this study was to evaluate post-stroke functional health status and quality of life. Patients and methods. After identification of a cohort of admitted patients at a general hospital, those were contacted by phone nine months after discharge. The collected tool sent by mail included the COOP WONCA charts, Frenchay Activities Index, Barthel Index, Rankin scale and a set of sociodemographic variables. Results. Participants survival rate was of 81%. The physical functioning and the capacity to perform daily activities were the most affected ones, impairing the patients of making a set of basic and instrumental daily activities. The emotional state and health self-perception are also correlated to disability. Conclusions. The results suggest a significative percentage of stroke survivors maintaining a moderate or severe disability (47.8%) requiring the presence of caregiver helping self-care. Collected data enhances that stroke survivors have severe physical dysfunction associated to emotional and psychological disturbances. (c) 2006, Revista de Neurología. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.rights | openAccess | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Psicologia | |
dc.subject | Psychology | |
dc.title | Disability and quality of life of stroke survivors: evaluation nine months after discharge = Incapacidad y calidad de vida del paciente afectado por un accidente vascular cerebral: evalucaion nueve meses despues del alta hospitalaria | |
dc.type | Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional | |
dc.contributor.uporto | Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação | |
dc.subject.fos | Ciências sociais::Psicologia | |
dc.subject.fos | Social sciences::Psychology | |
Appears in Collections: | FPCEUP - Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional |
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