Functional Disability and Quality of Life Due to Dementia in Post Stroke Patients
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Introduction: Stroke is associated with an excess risk of dementia. The aim of this study to determine Quality of Life and Functional Disability is more affected in which type of poststroke patients in demented patient or non-demented patients. Material and methods: A total of 30 subjects both male and female were recruited for the study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria after obtaining informed consent. The subjects were divided into two Groups 1 (dementia) and Group 2 (non-dementia)on the basis of scales. And outcome measures on the basis of Stroke-specific quality of life and barthelindex. Results: Result of this study demonstrated a significant difference of quality of life and barthel index between group 1 and 2 and significant correlation between quality of life and barthel index in group 2. Conclusion: This study shown significant difference between group 1(dementia) and group 2 (non-dementia) Quality of life and functional disability is better in non dementia group and statistically significant correlation between group 2.
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Sonali Surbhi, Vivek Chauhan, Sunil Bhatt
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