[The assessment of quality of life after stroke, sex and age factors].
The aim of the work was quality of life depending on sex and age. The study included 79 persons, at age 25-70 after first stroke. Examination was provided in home conditions in 3, 6, 12 month after stroke. For evaluation of quality of life used was the London Handicap Scale questionnaire. In the present study quality of life people in the first year after stroke is increasing systematically. Women and younger people have higher adaptation skills for new life situation.


CONCLUSIONS
quality of life is better in the second part of the first year after stroke.
Kozielec
Tadeusz
T
Katedra i Zakład Medycyny Rodzinnej, Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie. fammed@sci.pam.szczecin.pl
Rotter
Iwona
I
Karakiewicz
Beata
B
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012944:Social Support; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*