Open AccessVery Low Quality of Life After Acute Stroke
Author(s) -
Nikola Sprigg,
James W. Selby,
Lydia Fox,
Eivind Berge,
David K. Whynes,
Philip M. Bath
Publication year - 2013
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.113.002201
Subject(s) - medicine , modified rankin scale , stroke (engine) , quality of life (healthcare) , barthel index , mood , physical therapy , activities of daily living , ischemic stroke , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , nursing , ischemia , engineering
Health-related quality of life, a key outcome after stroke, plays a role in the analysis of treatment cost-effectiveness. Some measures of health-related quality of life allow for a quality of life worse than death; the characteristics of such patients have not been well described.
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