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A Study On The Quality Of Life Among Stroke Survivors: A Cross Sectional Study

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Background The World Health Organization defines - Health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Methodology A cross sectional study on 96 patients with stroke aged more than 30 years was carried out NIMS Hospital, Jaipur for a period of 4 months from 1st January 2018 to 30th April 2018.ResultsOut of 96 patients, Mean quality of score of patients with stroke was 65.049.982 there was significant difference seen in quality of life score according to sex, side of lesion, duration of stroke, socioeconomic status, occupation and hypertension. ConclusionsIt can be said that quality of life is a multidimensional concept. As stroke cases is among the most devastating of health aspect, having multiple and profound effects upon all aspects of life, hence evaluation of quality of life is very important. Each and every effort should be made to improve these aspects and in turn to activity daily living (ADL) and improve the overall quality of stroke patients.

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