Is Health-Related Quality of Life Improving After Stroke? | Zendy

Jodi D. Edwards | Zendy; Mieke Koehoorn | Zendy; Lara A. Boyd | Zendy; Adrian R. Levy | Zendy

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Is Health-Related Quality of Life Improving After Stroke?

Author(s) -

Jodi D. Edwards,

Mieke Koehoorn,

Lara A. Boyd,

Adrian R. Levy

Publication year - 2010

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/strokeaha.109.576678

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , quality of life (healthcare) , quality (philosophy) , intensive care medicine , nursing , mechanical engineering , engineering , philosophy , epistemology

Recent innovations in diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation have resulted in measurable improvements in clinical and functional outcomes after acute stroke. However, whether gains in health-related quality of life after stroke have also occurred is not well characterized. Using 2 Canadian population surveys, the purpose of this study was to identify changes in health-related quality of life in individuals with stroke from 1996 to 2005.

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