Health related quality of life of stroke patients after receiving rehabilitation service from Specialized Rehabilitation Centre

Abstract

Purpose: The study was conducted to identify health related quality of life of stroke patient’s after receiving rehabilitation service from specialized rehabilitation Centre. Specific Objective. To find out the demographic status of the participants. To explore the physical status of the participants. To observe the mental health status of the participants. To observe the social functioning of the participants. To find out association between demographic factors with HRQoL. To find out the association between physical, mental, and social factors of HRQoL. Method: The cross-sectional study conducted by using convenience sampling procedure. The study population was all the stroke people who have completed treatment at CRP. Total 115 participants were selected conveniently for this study within 30 to 70 of age range. Data was collected by using SF-36 questionnaire. Data were analyzed through SPSS 20 version. Result: In this research minimum age of the participants was 30 years and maximum age was 70 years. This study was found that male participants about 64.3% and 35.7%% were female. Males were more affected than female. Health Related Quality of life of survivors was detected by a questionnaire SF-36 and there was 8 dimensions, from these dimensions the mean score of physical functioning was 2.23%, Role limitation due to physical health was 2.18%, Role limitation due to emotional problem was 2.63%, Energy or fatigue was 2.56%, Emotional well-being was 2.41%, Social functioning was 3.26%, Pain was 2.82%, and lastly general health was 2.37%. According to SF-36 score range their physical health was poor and mental health was fair. Conclusion: Study shows that the health related Quality of Life of Persons with Stroke was fair and poor. This study measured the HRQoL in patients affected by Stroke using SF-36 questionnaire, which is a patient-measured and validated method in terms of reliability and reproducibility. Keyword: Stroke, Health related quality of life, Rehabilitation service.