Predicting Domain-Specific Health-Related Quality of Life Using Acute Infarct Volume.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Limited data exist on the relationship between acute infarct volume and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures after ischemic stroke. We evaluated whether acute infarct volume predicts domain-specific Neuro-Quality of Life scores at 3 months after stroke.

Methods

Between 2012 and 2014, we prospectively enrolled consecutive patients with ischemic stroke and calculated infarct volume. Outcome scores at 3 months included modified Rankin Scale and Neuro-Quality of Life T scores. We evaluated whether volume organized by quartiles predicted modified Rankin Scale and HRQOL scores at 3 months using logistic and linear regression as appropriate, adjusting for relevant covariates. We calculated variance accounted for (R²) overal

SUBMITTER: Lin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5505231 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature