Ann Rehabil Med.  2017 Oct;41(5):743-752. 10.5535/arm.2017.41.5.743.

The Factors Associated With Health-Related Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors Age 40 and Older

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea. drlee71@naver.com

Abstract


OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the association between clinical and socio-demographic status and health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) in stroke survivors age 40 and older in the Korean population.
METHODS
The relationship between stroke and HR-QoL was investigated using data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), conducted from 2007-2012. The total number of respondents was 24,050 and 757 stroke survivors were included. Specifically, we investigated factors associated with the lowering of HR-QoL in a group of Korean adult stroke patients age 40 and older after adjusting for socio-demographic factors, anthropometric measurements, and clinical comorbidities. Adjusted effects of covariates on EuroQol-visual analog scales (EQ-VAS) scores were estimated with a complex-samples general linear model and multivariate-adjusted odds ratios of the lowest quintile versus highest quintile of the EQ-VAS scores in the stroke group were estimated with a complex-samples logistic regression model.
RESULTS
Socio-demographic, anthropometric factors, and clinical comorbidities significantly differed between the stroke and non-stroke groups, except regarding gender and residential area. The EQ-VAS was significantly lower in the stroke than non-stroke group. Anxiety/depression problems significantly lowered EQ-VAS, as did low education level, smoking, mobility and usual activities problems. Also, aging in 1-year increments and cardiovascular disease had a significant effect on lower EQ-VAS in stroke survivors.
CONCLUSION
People with a stroke have significantly lower HR-QoL than healthy subjects. Therefore, managing depression, smoking, or cardiovascular disease and maintenance of physical function may be priority goals in improving HR-QoL after a stroke.

Keyword

Stroke; Quality of life; Visual analog scale

MeSH Terms

Adult
Aging
Cardiovascular Diseases
Comorbidity
Depression
Education
Healthy Volunteers
Humans
Korea
Linear Models
Logistic Models
Nutrition Surveys
Odds Ratio
Quality of Life*
Smoke
Smoking
Stroke*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Survivors*
Visual Analog Scale
Weights and Measures
Smoke

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