Quality of Life Predictors in Chronic Stable Post-Stroke Patients and Prognostic Value of SF-36 Score as a Mortality Surrogate

Abstract

Anxiety, depression, and raised brain natriuretic peptide levels were the most important covariates of impaired QoL in post-stroke patients. Moreover, a decreased SF-36 score (LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO40) represents an independent surrogate of increased additive mortality risk.

Keywords

• ischemic stroke
• quality of life, anxiety
• depression
• SF-36 score
• mortality