Change characteristics of health-related quality of life and its association with post-stroke fatigue at four-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore trajectories that describe change in post-stroke health-related quality of life with fatigue as outcome.

Design

Observational and prospective study.

Subjects

Stroke survivors (N = 144) with predominantly mild or moderate strokes.

Methods

The multidimensional Stroke-Specific Quality of Life scale was used at 1 and 4 years, and the Fatigue Severity Scale at 4 years post-stroke. Latent class growth analyses were used as person-oriented analyses to identify meaningful trajectories. Socio-demographic and stroke-related covariables provided customary adjustment of the outcome, as well as prediction of class membership.

Results

The latent class growth analysis models were estimated for "physical health", "visual-language", and "cognitive-so

SUBMITTER: Pedersen SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10785687 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature