Long-term outcome after stroke: A disability-orientated approach

Abstract

Patients (N=165) under 75 who had suffered a stroke in the past 5 years completed a Sickness Impact Profile. Analysis of results indicated the influence of stroke on everyday functioning. Chronic psychosocial disabilities, independent of the degree of physical disability, were reported in fifty-two percent of the patients. This psychosocial dysfunction hindered the patients from re-establishing quality of life.