Research on the life quality of patients having stroke and effects of social support into life quality

Abstract

Objective: This study was made descriptive and analytically in order to search life quality of the patients having stroke and the effects of social support into life quality. The purpose of our study is to consider life quality of the persons who passed at least 6 months with stroke when the sickness gets accepted better and to search the effects of social support into life quality. Material and Methods: The data in this study is obtained by means of an questionnaire having 39 questions. (app.1) Questionnaire was prepared by the researcher with the accompaniment of literature and counselor. SF36 Life Quality Scale and Social Support Scale were used in the questionnaire. Results: The average age is 63±11, most of them female (56%), married (60%), primary school educated (35%) and housewife (47%). The life quality of the facts (49,3 %) and Social support state of facts(63,2%) are higher than average. Conclusion: The following cases have high life quality: Males, high education, married, middle level of financial possibility, having any job. The following cases decrease life quality: having stroke more than once, not to use any part of body after having stroke, having a chronic illness. Social support state of facts is above the average. It has been understood that, this situation is effective in some part of life quality.