A Study of the Trend on Quality of Life with Stroke

노졸중환자의 삶의 질에 대한 연구 동향

  • Lee, Cu-Rie (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Kimchon College) ;
  • Kim, Keun-Jo (Dept. of Physical Therapy, Kimchon College)
  • Published : 1999.09.30

Abstract

Stroke is the leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of adult death in the world. Stroke has an impact on the physical, psychological and social dimensions of quality of life. An increasing number of authors have reported a deterioration of the quality of life in a large proportion of patients after a stroke. Just as satisfaction with each dimension varies to everyone, the importance of each dimension also varies and does not impact equally on the quality of life. So assessment on the quality of life has to adopt a multidimentional approach and to make use of the subjective and objective indicators.

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