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A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke
(1) Background: loss of quality of life (QoL) and functional independence are two of the most common consequences of suffering a stroke. The main objective of this research is to study which factors are the greatest determinants of functional capacity and QoL a month after suffering a stroke so that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020995 |
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author | González-Santos, Josefa Rodríguez-Fernández, Paula Pardo-Hernández, Rocío González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fernández-Solana, Jessica Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian |
author_facet | González-Santos, Josefa Rodríguez-Fernández, Paula Pardo-Hernández, Rocío González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fernández-Solana, Jessica Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian |
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description | (1) Background: loss of quality of life (QoL) and functional independence are two of the most common consequences of suffering a stroke. The main objective of this research is to study which factors are the greatest determinants of functional capacity and QoL a month after suffering a stroke so that they can be considered in early interventions. (2) Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted which sample consisted of 81 people who had previously suffered a stroke. The study population was recruited at the time of discharge from the Neurology Service and Stroke Unit of the hospitals of Burgos and Córdoba, Spain, through a consecutive sampling. Data were collected one month after participants experienced a stroke, and the main study variables were quality of life, measured with the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Measure (NEWSQOL), and functional independence, measured with the Functional Independence Measure-Functional Assessment Measure (FIM-FAM). (3) Results: the factors associated with a worse QoL and functional capacity one month after having suffered a stroke were living in a different dwelling than the usual flat or house (p < 0.05), a worse cognitive capacity (p < 0.001) and a worse functional capacity of the affected upper limb (p < 0.001). A higher age was related to a worse functional capacity one month after suffering a stroke (p = 0.048). (4) Conclusions: the type of dwelling, age, cognitive ability and functional capacity of the affected upper limb are determining aspects in functional independence and QoL during the first weeks after a stroke. |
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spelling | pubmed-98591772023-01-21 A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke González-Santos, Josefa Rodríguez-Fernández, Paula Pardo-Hernández, Rocío González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fernández-Solana, Jessica Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian Int J Environ Res Public Health Article (1) Background: loss of quality of life (QoL) and functional independence are two of the most common consequences of suffering a stroke. The main objective of this research is to study which factors are the greatest determinants of functional capacity and QoL a month after suffering a stroke so that they can be considered in early interventions. (2) Methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted which sample consisted of 81 people who had previously suffered a stroke. The study population was recruited at the time of discharge from the Neurology Service and Stroke Unit of the hospitals of Burgos and Córdoba, Spain, through a consecutive sampling. Data were collected one month after participants experienced a stroke, and the main study variables were quality of life, measured with the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Measure (NEWSQOL), and functional independence, measured with the Functional Independence Measure-Functional Assessment Measure (FIM-FAM). (3) Results: the factors associated with a worse QoL and functional capacity one month after having suffered a stroke were living in a different dwelling than the usual flat or house (p < 0.05), a worse cognitive capacity (p < 0.001) and a worse functional capacity of the affected upper limb (p < 0.001). A higher age was related to a worse functional capacity one month after suffering a stroke (p = 0.048). (4) Conclusions: the type of dwelling, age, cognitive ability and functional capacity of the affected upper limb are determining aspects in functional independence and QoL during the first weeks after a stroke. MDPI 2023-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9859177/ /pubmed/36673749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020995 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article González-Santos, Josefa Rodríguez-Fernández, Paula Pardo-Hernández, Rocío González-Bernal, Jerónimo J. Fernández-Solana, Jessica Santamaría-Peláez, Mirian A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title | A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title_full | A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title_fullStr | A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title_full_unstemmed | A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title_short | A Cross-Sectional Study: Determining Factors of Functional Independence and Quality of Life of Patients One Month after Having Suffered a Stroke |
title_sort | cross-sectional study: determining factors of functional independence and quality of life of patients one month after having suffered a stroke |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859177/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36673749 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20020995 |
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