title: Subjective experience after stroke.
abstract: To assess subjective experience after stroke, 214 patients completed the 63-item European Brain Injury Questionnaire. The same questionnaire was also completed by a close relative of each patient and by 214 control participants matched for gender and age. A principal component analysis showed 3 factors: depressive mood, cognitive difficulties, and difficulties in social interactions. In self-assessment, whereas the first 2 factors were scored higher by patients than by controls, the level of difficulty in social interactions did not differ between these 2 groups. In hetero-assessment, relatives scored patients' difficulties higher than patients did, especially for items suggesting the impact of stroke on themselves. Psychological difficulties of stroke patients and the consequences on their relatives need to be taken into account in rehabilitation programs.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U472 - Epidemiologie et Biostatistiques, Villejuif, France.
authors.forename: Claudine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dellatolas
authors.forename: Delphine
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Viguier
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Willadino-Braga
authors.forename: Gerard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Deloche
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012647:Self-Assessment; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires