Introduction: Stroke is a disease whose consequences have a considerable impact on the quality of the patient's life. It is a widespread disease that has a disabling impact on life and, in addition to physical changes, brings about a number of psychological and cognitive processes.
Goal: The goal of the study was to identify and describe the quality of life of post-stroke patients.
Methodology: The study design was quantitative. A questionnaire of the authors' own design and the SF-36 questionnaire were used to obtain the data.
Results: Significant differences in patient quality of life were identified in relation to patient gender. Moreover, the quality of life in all individual SF-36 dimensions, except for mental health, deteriorated with age. With regard to occupational placement, employed respondents gave the highest evaluation of quality of life according to SF-36 and old-age pensioners the lowest. The analysis shows that quality of life in individual dimensions is positively influenced by respondents' higher education. The evaluation in individual dimensions improves with the time that has passed since the stroke.
Conclusion: The quality of life of post-stroke patients deteriorates with age. The deteriorating level of patient quality of life in older age requires programmes that include assessments and interventions that lead to the treatment of these patients.
Uvod: Možganska kap je bolezen, katere posledice pomembno vplivajo na kakovost življenja bolnikov. Gre za eno najbolj razširjenih bolezni, ki lahko vodi v stanje invalidnosti. Pri tem ne gre le za telesne, ampak tudi za številne spremembe v psiholoških in kognitivnih procesih.
Cilj: Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti in opisati kakovost življenja bolnikov po možganski kapi.
Metodologija: Za pridobivanje podatkov sta bila uporabljena vprašalnik, ki smo ga sestavili sami, in vprašalnik SF-36.
Rezultati: Višja ko je starost bolnika po možganski kapi, slabša je raven kakovosti življenja v vseh dimenzijah lestvice SF-36 z izjemo duševnega zdravja. Glede na poklicni status zaposleni najbolje ocenjujejo kakovost življenja v dimenzijah SF-36, najslabše pa upokojenci. Analiza je pokazala, da je kakovost življenja v vsaki dimenziji tem boljša, čim višja je izobrazba bolnikov z možgansko kapjo. Daljši ko je čas, ki je pretekel od kapi, boljši so rezultati v vsaki dimenziji.
Zaključek: Poslabšanje kakovosti življenja starejših bolnikov po možganski kapi potrjuje potrebo po programih, ki vključujejo oceno in intervencije za njihovo zdravljenje.
Keywords: nurses; patient; psychological problems; quality of life; stroke.
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