Association between in-hospital frailty and health-related quality of life after stroke: the Nor-COAST study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke survivors are known to have poorer health-related quality of life (HRQoL) than the general population, but less is known about characteristics associated with HRQoL decreasing through time following a stroke. This study aims to examine how in-hospital frailty is related to HRQoL from 3 to 18 months post stroke.

Method

Six hundred twenty-five participants hospitalised with stroke were included and followed up at 3 and/or 18 months post stroke. Stroke severity was assessed the day after admission with the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS). A modified Fried phenotype was used to assess in-hospital frailty; measures of exhaustion, physical activity, and weight loss were based on pre-stroke status, while gait speed and grip strength were measure

SUBMITTER: Wæhler IS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7931593 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature