TY  - Journal Article
AU  - dos Santos Oliveira Froes, Karla Simone
AU  - Moreno-Valdés, María Teresa
AU  - Lima e Oliveira Lopes, Daniel de Paula
AU  - Pinto da Silva, Cruiff Emerson
TI  - Factors associated with health-related quality of life for adults with stroke sequelae
PY  - 2011
PB  - ASSOC ARQUIVOS NEURO- PSIQUIATRIA, PR AMADEU AMARAL 47/33, 01327-010 SAO PAULO SP, BRAZIL
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among adults with stroke sequelae and to identify the factors that influenced the domains of HRQoL. 
METHOD: The subjects were adults with stroke who were admitted to a rehabilitation program between March and August 2008. They were investigated using the following instruments: Medical Outcomes 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36), Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Sixty-four adults of mean age 58.8 years were evaluated. 
RESULTS: The individuals who had had their injuries for longer times and who were more independent and younger had better HRQoL regarding physical functioning. Social participation was associated with better HRQoL, and there was a difference between groups with and without depressive symptoms. 
CONCLUSION: HRQoL was compromised primarily with regard to functional characteristics. Moreover, the presence of depressive symptoms contributed towards a decline in HRQoL. Rehabilitation needs to focus on improving functionality and social participation, which may stimulate reductions in depressive symptoms and improvement of HRQoL.
SN  - ISSN 0004-282X
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11556/308
DX  - 10.1590/S0004-282X2011000300020
ER  -