Sociological measuring of quality of life of aged people who have had acute cerebrovascular accidents

Abstract

A study of quality of life of elderly people who have had acute cerebrovascular accidents was made using SF-36 questionnaire. There were interviewed 96 people – residents of Lviv Geriatric boarding house (29 patients who have had acute cerebrovascular accident in different period of time (a main group) and 67 individuals who had other diseases and did not have acute cerebrovascular accident in history (a control group). There was established a decreased index of quality of life for women compared to men in such general indices as the physical health, mental health and general health status (in both groups). The physical component of health was estimated higher and mental - lower in the main group of both men and women. The general health status of men of the main and control groups and women of the main and control groups were almost identical. The indices established show that the quality of life of women and men is middling.