Stroke is defined as "rapidly developing clinical signs of focal (or global) disturbance of cerebral function, lasting more than 24 hr or leading to death, with no apparent cause other than that of vascular origin" (Sacco et al., 2013). The incidence of stroke is comparatively higher in most Asian countries (between 19% and 46%) in comparison to Western countries, and the majority of the incidents are ischaemic compared to haemorrhagic strokes (Wasay et al., 2014). Furthermore, in Sri Lanka, the age-adjusted prevalence of strokes has been remained constant; 10.6 and 10.4 per 1,000 population in 2009 and 2015 respectively (Gunaratne et al., 2009; Ranawaka & Venketasubramanian, 2021). Moreover, stroke is one of the leading causes of disability among adults in Sri Lanka, and it leads to poor quality of life (QoL) and inability to perform physical activities of daily living (PADL) (Mahesh et al., 2019; Wasay et al., 2014). Quality of life has been demarcated as an individual's perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value system in which they live and their goals, expectations, standards and concerns (Post, 2014). PADL encompasses basic human actions for caring individuals, including personal care, mobility and eating (Mlinac & Feng, 2016). Furthermore, QoL encompasses individual