Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with a History of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

Bach, Jan-Philipp; Riedel, Oliver; Pieper, Lars; Klotsche, Jens; Dodel, Richard; Wittchen, Hans‐Ulrich

doi:10.1159/000319027

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“…In this study, current smoking status is a major modifiable factor associated with low HR-QOL of stroke patients. It is consistent with results of several previous studies [ 25 26 27 28 29 ]. Interestingly, in the population without strokes, the self-rated subjective health score of current smokers was rather higher than the non-smokers group [ 30 ].…”

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The Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors Age 40 and Older

et al. 2017

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ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between clinical and socio-demographic status and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in stroke survivors age 40 and older in the Korean population.MethodsThe relationship between stroke and HR-QoL was investigated using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), conducted from 2007–2012. The total number of respondents was 24,050 and 757 stroke survivors were included. Specifically, we investigated factors associated with the lowering of HR-QoL in a group of Korean adult stroke patients age 40 and older after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, anthropometric measurements, and clinical comorbidities. Adjusted effects of covariates on EuroQol-visual analog scales (EQ-VAS) scores were estimated with a complex-samples general linear model and multivariate-adjusted odds ratios of the lowest quintile versus highest quintile of the EQ-VAS scores in the stroke group were estimated with a complex-samples logistic regression model.ResultsSocio-demographic, anthropometric factors, and clinical comorbidities significantly differed between the stroke and non-stroke groups, except regarding gender and residential area. The EQ-VAS was significantly lower in the stroke than non-stroke group. Anxiety/depression problems significantly lowered EQ-VAS, as did low education level, smoking, mobility and usual activities problems. Also, aging in 1-year increments and cardiovascular disease had a significant effect on lower EQ-VAS in stroke survivors.ConclusionPeople with a stroke have significantly lower HR-QoL than healthy subjects. Therefore, managing depression, smoking, or cardiovascular disease and maintenance of physical function may be priority goals in improving HR-QoL after a stroke.

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The Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors Age 40 and Older

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“…Generic scales may enable compar isons between groups of patients with a diverse range of conditions. Stroke and myocardial infarction patients from the DETECT study, which included 55,000 patients, had a lower HRQoL as compared with patients with other conditions [14]. In the last few years, many generic instruments, such as the Short Form 36 (SF-36), the WHO QoL instrument and the WHO QoL brief question naire (WHO QoL-BREF), have been validated in many developing countries in which specific tools had not yet been validated [15].…”

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Determining quality of life in stroke survivors

Carod-Artal¹

2012

Expert Review of Pharmacoeconomics & Outcomes Research

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Post-stroke health-related quality of life (HRQoL) reflects a comprehensive view of subjective health and a measure of a person's perceived physical, mental and social health following stroke. Generic scales may enable comparisons between groups of patients with a diverse range of conditions, although they may underestimate the effect of stroke owing to its limited content validity. Stroke-specific HRQoL measures were designed to assess relevant domains that are important to stroke patients. The Stroke Impact Scale, the Stroke Specific Quality of Life scale and The Burden of Stroke Scale are specific HRQoL instruments developed in the last decade. Demographic factors, comorbidity, stroke severity, disability and psychosocial factors (e.g., post-stroke depression and social support) are significant predictors of HRQoL in stroke survivors. Stroke caregiver burden and HRQoL are inversely correlated. HRQoL measures are increasingly used to evaluate the effect of some therapeutic interventions in stroke survivors.

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“…As can be expected, patients with or recovering from ACS have poorer quality of life (QOL) [10,11]. Management strategies that help patients gain clinical and QOL improvements are preferable over others; therefore, understanding the factors that affect the QOL is helpful [12].…”

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Quality of life among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Malaysia

Azmi¹,

Goh²,

Fong

et al. 2015

Value in Health Regional Issues

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Our results showed that there was a significant improvement in the QOL from baseline to 12 months. Only sex and diagnosis affected the QOL score at baseline because of limited variables available for testing. It also reconfirms the importance of applying the appropriate, country-specific utility tariffs in QOL studies. Despite limitations, the study is useful toward describing QOL among a group of Malaysian patients with ACS.

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with a History of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke

Cited by 19 publications

References 39 publications

The Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors Age 40 and Older

The Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors Age 40 and Older

Determining quality of life in stroke survivors

Quality of life among Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in Malaysia

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