Stroke Unit Treatment Improves Long-term Quality of Life | Zendy

Bent Indredavik | Zendy; F. Bakke | Zendy; Stig A. Slørdahl | Zendy; R. Rokseth | Zendy; Lise Lund Håheim | Zendy

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Stroke Unit Treatment Improves Long-term Quality of Life

Author(s) -

Bent Indredavik,

F. Bakke,

Stig A. Slørdahl,

R. Rokseth,

Lise Lund Håheim

Publication year - 1998

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.29.5.895

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , nottingham health profile , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , rehabilitation , acute stroke , randomized controlled trial , visual analogue scale , clinical trial , nursing , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , tissue plasminogen activator , engineering

We have previously shown that treatment of acute stroke patients in the combined acute and rehabilitation stroke unit in our hospital improves survival and functional outcome compared with treatment in general wards. The primary aim of the present trial was to examine whether the treatment in our stroke unit had an effect on different aspects of quality of life (QoL) for stroke patients 5 years after the onset of stroke.

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