Quality of Life and Professional Activity of Working-Age Patients after Stroke

Abstract

Background &objectives:Stroke is one of the most common and severe diseases in terms of the economic burden on society. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of life of people after stroke in the context of professional activity, considering the time since stroke. Material & methods:To assess the quality of life, ashortened Polish version of the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire (WHOQOL-Bref) was used. The study was conducted on agroup of 279 people with the first stroke diag- nosed. Results:The statistically significant relationship was observed, considering the period after stroke in groups: 6-12 months; 13 months-2 years; 2-5 years from the onset of stroke. The corre- lation between professional activity of people after stroke and their quality of life was statistically significant in: the somatic sphere; the social sphere; the environmental sphere. Conclusions:Undertaking professional activity by people who had astroke significantly affected the self-assessment of their quality of life and satisfaction with the quality of health, re- gardless of the period since the onset of the stroke.