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Cerebrovascular disease affects about 16 million people worldwide each year, being the main cause of morbidity in the world. For this reason, Quality of Life Assessment (QoL) translates as being of great importance in verifying and understanding the impact of illness on patients' lives, and is useful also for the public health system, in the quest to develop rehabilitation programs that life aspects of the individual in an integral way. Objective: To evaluate the evolution of the quality of life in individuals who suffered from Ischemic Stroke. Method: A prospective cross-sectional study with a descriptive and analytical character. The study included individuals of both sexes, from 18 years of age, diagnosed with Ischemic Stroke suffered between January and June 2018, living in the Metropolitan Region of Belém-PA and attended at the Unineuro Clinic. Because it was a pilot study, the sample size was defined in order to be representative of the universe of patients under similar conditions. The data were collected through the questionnaire Scale Specific Quality of Life in the Post-AVE Patient (EQVE-AVE), which has 49 items divided into 12 domains. Results: The most affected areas were: Energy (44.8%), Family role (54.2%), Language (49.6%), Mobility (53%), Humor (46.6%), Social Role (44.8%), Upper Extremity Function (47.2%), Work and productivity (42.26%). In contrast, the domains: Personality (81.3%), Memory and Concentration (66.0%) and Vision (90%) represented the best indexes related to quality of life. Conclusion: Among the factors of greater relevance in post-stroke quality of life, in the first place is the difficulty of returning to work. The loss of function of the upper extremity of the body is a very prevalent item, which ends up contributing to the separation from the work environment.

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Qualidade de vida de pacientes após acidente vascular encefálico isquêmico atendidos em uma clínica de neurologia em Belém-Pará / Quality of life of patients after ischemic brain vascular accident served in a neurology clinic in Belém-Pará