ArticleBMC neurology2016
Quality of life after stroke in Pakistan.
Article in BMC neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02351778 (Quality of Life of Stable Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers in an Low and Middle Income Country), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Quality of Life of Stable Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers in an Low and Middle Income Country
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Quality of life of stroke survivors in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Pooled it
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- Caregiver burden in stroke care: Identifying predictors and effective interventions - a narrative review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Review
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- Deep brain stimulation for post-stroke rehabilitation in Pakistan.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
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- Addressing stroke care deficiencies in Pakistan: a call for nationwide reforms and strategic initiatives.Neurosurgical review · 2024Article
- Health-related quality of life in post-stroke patients attended at tertiary-level hospitals in Bangladesh.Frontiers in stroke · 2024Article
- Psychosocial factors influencing quality of life in patients with primary brain tumors in Pakistan: an analytical cross-sectional study.BMC research notes · 2023Article
- Cost-effective pharmacological approaches to poststroke recovery and enhanced neuroplasticity: highlighting discoveries both old and new!Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Postacute Rehabilitation Impact on Functional Recovery Outcome and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors: Six Month Follow-Up.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- A scoping review on studies about the quality of life of informal caregivers of stroke survivors.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Family Caregivers' Experiences and Coping Strategies in Managing Stroke Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Exploration Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- One-year recurrence of stroke and death in Lebanese survivors of first-ever stroke: Time-to-Event analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- Impact of Stroke on Quality of Life of Stroke Survivors and Their Caregivers: A Qualitative Study from India.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is very little information about the quality of life (QOL) of stroke survivors in LMIC countries with underdeveloped non communicable health infrastructures, who bear two thirds of the global stroke burden. METHODOLOGY: We used a sequential mix methods approach. First, a quantitative analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 700 participants, who constituted 350 stroke survivor and their caregiver dyads. QOL of stroke survivor was assessed via Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SSQOLS) whereas QOL of caregivers was assessed through RAND-36. In addition; we assessed complications, psychosocial and functional disability of stroke survivors. Following this quantitative survey, caregivers were qualitatively interviewed to uncover contextually relevant themes that would evade quantitative surveys. Multiple linear regression technique was applied to report adjusted β-coefficients with 95% C.I.
resultsThe QOL study was conducted from January 2014 till June 2014, in two large private and public centers. At each center, 175 dyads were interviewed to ensure representativeness. Median age of stroke survivors was 59(17) years, 68% were male, 60% reported depression and 70% suffered post-stroke complications. The mean SSQOLS score was 164.18 ± 32.30. In the final model severe functional disability [adjβ -33.77(-52.44, -15.22)], depression [adjβ-23.74(-30.61,-16.82)], hospital admissions [adjβ-5.51(-9.23,-1.92)] and severe neurologic pain [adjβ -12.41(-20.10,-4.77)] negatively impacted QOL of stroke survivors (P < 0.01). For caregivers, mean age was 39.18 ± 13.44 years, 51% were female and 34% reported high stress levels. Complementary qualitative study revealed that primary caregivers were depressed, frustrated, isolated and also disappointed by health services.
conclusionThe QOL of Stroke survivors as reported by SSQOLS score was better than compared to those reported from other LMIC settings. However, Qualitative triangulation revealed that younger caregivers felt isolated, depressed, overwhelmed and were providing care at great personal cost. There is a need to develop cost effective holistic home support interventions to improve lives of the survivor dyad as a unit.
trial registrationNCT02351778 (Registered as Observational Study).
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