From: Factors associated with health related quality of life of patients with stroke in Sri Lankan context
Factor | Physical | Communication | Psychosocial | Overall |
---|---|---|---|---|
Level of disability | Mean (SD) | |||
Slight disability (n = 53) | 3.8 (0.8) | 3.7 (1) | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.7 (0.8) |
Moderate disability (n = 58) | 3.6 (0.9) | 3.7 (1) | 3.5 (0.8) | 3.6 (0.8) |
Moderately severe disability (n = 93) | 2.9 (0.8) | 3.1 (1) | 2.8 (0.7) | 2.9 (0.7) |
Severe disability (n = 93) | 2.5 (1) | 2.9 (1) | 2.6 (1) | 2.5 (1) |
F | 28.2 | 7.1 | 18.9 | 26.4 |
p value | 0.001** | 0.001** | 0.001** | 0.001** |
Type of stroke | ||||
Ischemic (n = 208) | 3.31 (1) | 3.62 (1) | 3.24 (0.9) | 3.32 (0.9) |
Haemorrhagic (n = 49) | 2.52 (0.9) | 2.53 (1) | 2.62 (0.9) | 2.52 (0.8) |
t | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
p-value | 0.001** | 0.005** | 0.001** | 0.001** |
Side of the lesion | ||||
Left hemisphere (n = 161) | 2.92 (1) | 2.81 (1) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.92 (1) |
Right hemisphere (n = 95) | 3.32 (0.9) | 3.62 (1) | 3.31 (0.3) | 3.32 (0.9) |
t | 3.6 | 5 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
p-value | 0.001** | 0.003** | 0.002** | 0.001** |
Type of Aphasia | ||||
No aphasia (n = 154) | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.8 (1) | 3.3 (0.9) | 3.4 (0.9) |
Global aphasia (n = 41) | 2.5 (0.9) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.5 (0.6) | 2.4 (0.7) |
Expressive aphasia (n = 35) | 2.9 (0.9) | 2.4 (0.9) | 2.8 (0.8) | 2.7 (0.8) |
Receptive aphasia (n = 6) | 3.0 (0.9) | 3.4 (0.9) | 3.0 (1.0) | 3.0 (0.9) |
F | 11.4 | 42.1 | 11.9 | 17.7 |
p-value | 0.001** | 0.001** | 0.001** | 0.001** |
Follow-up care | ||||
Regular (n = 171) | 3.22 (0.9) | 3.46 (1) | 3.23 (0.9) | 3.28 (0.9) |
Not regular (n = 86) | 3.0 (1) | 3.26 (1) | 3.0 (1) | 3.0 (1) |
t | 2.2 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2 |
p-value | 0.03* | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.05* |