Quality of Life, Self-Efficacy, Disease Acceptance and Support in Stroke Patients
Author(s):
Edyta Laska
Introduction: Stroke is a cerebrovascular disease that is the second cause of death and the leading cause of disability worldwide.
The aim of this study was to evaluate quality of life, independence, disease acceptance and social support in stroke patients, taking into account the analysis of chronic diseases - hyper-tension and diabetes and obesity.
Material and Methods: The study was carried out in 83 stroke patients from May 2024 to January 2025 at the Neurology Department with Stroke Treatment Subdivision of the Stefan Żeromski Specialist Hospital in Krakow. Approval from the bioethics committee was ob-tained. The study was conducted using standardized survey instruments: The World Health Organi-zation Quality of Life (WHOQOL)-BREF, Lawton scale, AIS and the Multidimensional Per-ceived Social Support Scale.
Statistical analysis was developed in IBM SPSS software. Differences were assessed using the Mann-Whitney test. Spearman’s correlation coefficients were used to assess relationships between quantitative variables. A p<0.05 was used as the limit of significance level.
Discussion: Quality of life after stroke depends on a comprehensive view of subjective health, including measures of perceived physical, mental and social well-being and functioning. De-mographic factors, comorbidities, patient self-efficacy and psychosocial factors and social support are important predictors of quality of life in stroke survivors and have a significant impact on the rehabilitation process and recovery.
Conclusions: The less support patients received from a significant other after a stroke, the lower the quality of life in terms of the psychological domain.
The more support post-stroke patients received from a significant person - a friend, the more independent the patients are.
Patients with hypertension definitely had a problem with stroke acceptance.
There is no relationship between quality of life in post-stroke patients and acceptance of the disease and independence.
