title: Quality of life after perimesencephalic haemorrhage.
abstract: Quality of life was measured by means of the sickness impact profile (SIP) questionnaire in a prospectively collected, consecutive series of 25 patients with perimesencephalic haemorrhage. A mean of two years and four months (range six months to six years) after the perimesencephalic haemorrhage, quality of life scores of the (former) patients were comparable with those of a random sample from the Dutch population. For physical aspects the patients showed even less dysfunction than controls. It is concluded that a perimesencephalic haemorrhage does not reduce quality of life or capacity to work.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Brilstra
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hop
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Rinkel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011788:Quality of Life