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Health-related quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional incontinence
Authors:Chen Yang-Kun  Wong Ka Sing  Mok Vincent  Ungvari Gabor S  Tang Wai Kwong
Institution:aDepartments of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;bMedicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China;cSchool of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Notre Dame, Australia, Marian Centre, Perth, Australia
Abstract:Chen Y-K, Wong KS, Mok V, Ungvari GS, Tang WK. Health-related quality of life in patients with poststroke emotional incontinence.

Objective

To assess the effect of poststroke emotional incontinence (PSEI) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL).

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Setting

Psychiatric clinic.

Participants

Stroke survivors (N=385; consecutive series) discharged from the acute stroke unit between December 2004 and June 2007.

Interventions

Not applicable.

Main Outcome Measures

Chinese (Hong Kong) version of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) for HRQOL.

Results

Fifty-eight (15.1%) patients had PSEI. After adjustment for possible demographic and clinical confounders, subjects with PSEI had significantly lower physical and mental summary scores, particularly in the General and Mental Health, Social Function, and Role–Emotional subscales of the SF-36.

Conclusion

PSEI has an independent effect on HRQOL. Longitudinal studies of stroke are warranted to confirm and extend this finding.
Keywords:Emotional disorders  Quality of life  Rehabilitation  Stroke
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