title: Stroke: patient characteristics and quality of life of caregivers.
abstract: to investigate the association between the domains of health-related quality of life of family caregivers and sociodemographic characteristics of individuals with stroke sequelae.
  descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative research, conducted with 136 family caregivers of individuals with stroke sequelae by means of home interviews from April to June 2013.
  we found that caregivers of individuals aged under 65 years, married, with 10 to 12 years of formal education, presented higher scores, respectively, in the domains 'Social aspects', 'Emotional aspects', and 'Mental health'. However, caregivers of patients with higher degree of disability obtained lower score in the 'Mental Health' domain.
  the results foster reflection on the need of including the family caregivers of individuals with stroke sequelae in the planning of care provided by health professionals.
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. João Pessoa-PB, Brasil.
authors: Tatiana Ferreira da
authors: TF
authors: Costa
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. João Pessoa-PB, Brasil.
authors: Thayris Mariano
authors: TM
authors: Gomes
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Graduação em Enfermagem. João Pessoa-PB, Brasil.
authors: Lia Raquel de Carvalho
authors: LR
authors: Viana
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. João Pessoa-PB, Brasil.
authors: Kaisy Pereira
authors: KP
authors: Martins
authors: Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. João Pessoa-PB, Brasil.
authors: Kátia Nêyla de Freitas Macêdo
authors: KN
authors: Costa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing