Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
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Comparative Study of Quality of Life in Stroke Patients in Ahwaz
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Background: This study aimed to determine the Quality of Life (QoL) of people with stroke in Ahvaz.
Materials and method: In this cross-sectional study, QoL of 200 patients with stroke were studied.
Results: The mean age of the patients’ was 59±14 years. QoL were significantly correlated with gender, age group, educational level, marital status and type of cerebral damage (p<0.05). There was not any significant difference between the QoL of people who suffered from stroke with duration of the disease and laterality of the stroke (p>0.05).
Conclusion: Lower QoL is in women, older age, illiterate people, widowed and people with ischemic stroke notify the necessity of attention to these vulnerable groups. [ZJRMS, 2012 14(2): 86-90 ]
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© 2012, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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