title: Health-related quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional incontinence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effect of poststroke emotional incontinence (PSEI) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional observational study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Psychiatric clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Stroke survivors (N=385; consecutive series) discharged from the acute stroke unit between December 2004 and June 2007.
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chinese (Hong Kong) version of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) for HRQOL.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-eight (15.1%) patients had PSEI. After adjustment for possible demographic and clinical confounders, subjects with PSEI had significantly lower physical and mental summary scores, particularly in the General and Mental Health, Social Function, and Role-Emotional subscales of the SF-36.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PSEI has an independent effect on HRQOL. Longitudinal studies of stroke are warranted to confirm and extend this finding.
authors.affiliation: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
authors.forename: Yang-Kun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Ka Sing
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mok
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
authors.forename: Wai Kwong
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation