Rev Bras Enferm. 2021 Nov 29;75(3):e20210407. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0407. eCollection 2021.
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: to identify factors associated with specific health-related quality of life in cerebrovascular accident, or stroke, survivors.
METHODS: cross-sectional study, carried out with 160 cerebrovascular accident survivors. Data were collected using the Barthel Index, Cerebrovascular Accident Specific Quality of Life Scale, and semi-structured instruments for sociodemographic and clinical data, analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics.
RESULTS: health-related quality of life was associated with work activity (p=0.027), physical activity (p=0.007), functional capacity (p=0.001), presence of caregiver (<0.001), motor alteration (p = 0.001) and rehabilitation (p=0.003). The functionally dependent people were 14.61 times more likely to present low health-related quality of life, and those with motor impairment were 3.07 times more likely.
CONCLUSIONS: it was evidenced that functional dependence and motor impairment increase the chance of low health-related quality of life in cerebrovascular accident survivors.
PMID:34852127 | DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0407
