title: [Health related quality of life in Turkish polio survivors: impact of post-polio on the health related quality of life in terms of functional status, severity of pain, fatigue, and social, and emotional functioning].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the impact of postpolio-syndrome on quality of life in polio survivors.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty polio survivors were included in the study. Twenty-one patients fulfilling the Halstead's postpolio-syndrome criteria participated in postpolio-syndrome group. The remaining nineteen patients formed non-postpolio-syndrome group. Control group was composed of forty healthy subjects. Quality of life was evaluated by Nottingham Health Profile, depression by Beck Depression Scale and fatigue by Fatigue Symptom Inventory. Isometric muscle strength was measured by manual muscle testing.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Total manual muscle testing score was 26.19±13.24 (median: 29) in postpolio-syndrome group and 30.08±8.9 (median: 32) in non-postpolio-syndrome group. Total manual muscle testing scores of non-postpolio-syndrome group were significantly higher than that of postpolio-syndrome group. Patients with postpolio-syndrome reported significantly higher levels of fatigue and reduced quality of life in terms of physical mobility, pain and energy when compared with patients without postpolio-syndrome and control group. It was not reported a statistically significant difference in social and emotional functioning and sleep quality between postpolio-syndrome, non-postpolio-syndrome and control groups. Also it was not found any statistically significant difference in Beck Depression Scale scores among the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Postpolio-syndrome has a negative impact on quality of life in terms of functional status, severity of pain and energy. The identification, early recognition and rehabilitation of postpolio-syndrome patients may result in an improvement in their quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Basak Medical Center, Ancara, Turquia. Electronic address: dryesimgarip@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Yesim
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Garip
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ancara, Turquia.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Eser
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ancara, Turquia.
authors.forename: Hatice
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bodur
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ancara, Turquia.
authors.forename: Bedriye
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baskan
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ancara, Turquia.
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sivas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina e Reabilitação Física, Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ancara, Turquia.
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
keywords: Fadiga; Fatigue; Postpolio‐syndrome; Qualidade de vida; Quality of life; Reabilitação; Rehabilitation; Síndrome pós‐pólio