... therapy (OT) on post-stroke limb functional recovery and quality of life, using direct and network meta-analysis. Methods: A computerized search was conducted in databases such as Medline, Web of Science, Embase, CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), Wanfang Data, and VIP Information...

... Functional outcome Quality of life Meta-analysis In order to select appropriate studies for analysis, this study implemented specific inclusion criteria. The first criterion was to focus on subjects diagnosed with ICH. For our study, ICH was defined as a brain injury resulting from the leakage...

...: A consecutive series of persons aged 20–70 years visiting the University Medical Centre Utrecht for first screening for familial IA was approached between 2017 and 2020. E-questionnaires were administered at six time points, consisting of the EQ-5D for health-related quality of life (QoL), HADS for emotional...

... Investigators Background and Purpose: The influence of specific brain lesions on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) after acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is uncertain. We aimed to identify imaging predictors of poor HRQoL in alteplase-treated participants of the alteplase dose arm of the Enhanced Control...

... population. The main complication of this malformation is the risk of bleeding, which may cause neurological deficits that affect the quality of life (QoL) in patients. When symtomatic, they may be surgically treated for relieving the mass effect and seizures refractory to drug uses, hemorrhage and drug...

...Maria L. van Mierlo; Caroline M. van Heugten; Marcel W.M. Post; Tibor R.S. Hajós; L. Jaap Kappelle; Johanna M.A. Visser-Meily Background: Little information is available about the course of quality of life (QoL) post stroke and how dependency on activities of daily living (ADL) influences...

.... Surviving patients were assessed for functional and psychological outcome, quality of life (QoL) and retrospective consent for the procedure. Patients younger than 60 years were compared with older patients. Results: Of our 79 patients, 44 were younger than 60 years (median 50 years, interquartile range...

...Rebecca A. Harrison; Thalia S. Field Background: Pain is a common complication after stroke and is associated with the presence of depression, cognitive dysfunction, and impaired quality of life. It remains underdiagnosed and undertreated, despite evidence that effective treatment of pain may...

...). However, emotional disturbances in CADASIL patients are incompletely understood. The aim of this study was to investigate emotional disturbances in CADASIL and their impact on the patients' quality of life (QOL) and caregiver burden. Methods: From 54 patients who were diagnosed as CADASIL between January...

... after recovery from aneurysmal SAH. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of PTSD 3 years after SAH, its predictors, and relationship with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients living independently in the community. Methods: From a prospectively collected cohort of 143 patients...

...Michèle Baumann; Kàtia Lurbe; Maria-Engracia Leandro; Nearkasen Chau Background: Life satisfaction of stroke survivors is known to be associated with socio-economic factors and the survivor’s and his/her caregiver’s quality of life, but their respective influence remains to be fully elucidated...

... mortality and disability. The data from large longitudinal studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with SAH are limited. The objective was to investigate HRQoL in patients after SAH and to identify predictors of HRQoL. Methods: 113 patients with aneurysmal SAH were assigned to either...

...Francisco Javier Carod-Artal; José Antonio Egido Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is a recognized and important outcome after stroke. An increased survival and the presence of moderate impairment in long-term stroke survivors impact their HRQoL. Methods: HRQoL measures and HRQoL...

.../depressed mood and the quality of life (QoL) more generally experienced by survivors of ICH. Methods: Factor Seven for Acute Hemorrhagic Stroke (FAST) was a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial conducted between May 2005 and February 2007 at 122 sites in 22 countries. All patients...

...S. Choi-Kwon; J. Choi; S.U. Kwon; D.W. Kang; J.S. Kim Background: Fluoxetine may improve the poststroke emotional disturbances. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the efficacy of fluoxetine on quality of life (QOL) over time in stroke patients with emotional disturbances. Methods: We...

... assessed at 6 and 18 months after stroke onset using the Short Form 36 questionnaire and the Bakas Caregiving Outcomes Scale. Results: Data were available from 167 stroke survivor–carer pairs at 6 months and 62 pairs at 18 months. Unpaid carers reported lower health-related quality of life at 6 months...

...Urs Fischer; Diana Anca; Marcel Arnold; Krassen Nedeltchev; Liliane Kappeler; Pietro Ballinari; Gerhard Schroth; Heinrich P. Mattle Background: We aimed to assess quality of life (QOL) and its predictors in stroke survivors after local intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) as well as to measure QOL...

... spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) reduces mortality (18% vs. 29%) and poor outcome (modified Rankin Scale, mRS, 4–6, 53 vs. 69%). This analysis was performed to determine the impact of rFVIIa on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in those patients. Methods: In a prospective, randomized controlled...

...Majed J. Katati; Sandra Santiago-Ramajo; Miguel Pérez-García; Miguel Meersmans-Sánchez Jofré; Raquel Vilar-Lopez; Maria Angeles Coín-Mejias; Alfonso Caracuel-Romero; Ventura Arjona-Moron Background: According to previous studies, the quality of life is usually substantially altered in patients who...

...I.G.L. van de Port; G. Kwakkel; V.P.M. Schepers; C.T.I. Heinemans; E. Lindeman Background: To determine the longitudinal association of poststroke fatigue with activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL (IADL) and perceived health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and to establish whether...