作者
Suzanne C Howitt, Matthew P Jones, Ahmed Jusabani, William K Gray, Eric Aris, Ferdinand Mugusi, Mark Swai, Richard W Walker
发表日期
2011/8
期刊
Journal of neurology
卷号
258
页码范围
1422-1430
出版商
Springer-Verlag
简介
The aim of this study was to evaluate changes to, and predictors of, quality of life (QOL) in a community-based cohort of stroke survivors from an earlier stroke incidence study in rural northern Tanzania. Patients were assessed 1–5 years after their incident stroke. The study cohort was compared with an age- and sex-matched control group from the same rural district within a cross-sectional design. Patients and controls were asked a series of questions relating to their QOL [World Health Organization quality of life, abbreviated version (WHOQOL-BREF)], levels of anxiety and depression [hospital anxiety and depression (HAD) scale], cognitive function [community screening instrument for dementia (CSI-D) screening tool], socioeconomic status and demographic characteristics (e.g. age, sex, education and abode). Patients were further assessed for functional outcome and disability (Barthel index, modified …
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