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Multicenter Study
. 2022 Dec 24;22(1):501.
doi: 10.1186/s12883-022-03032-2.

Health-related quality of life using WHODAS 2.0 and associated factors 1 year after stroke in Korea: a multi-centre and cross-sectional study

Hey Jean Lee  1 , Jung-Kook Song  2 , Jiyoung Moon  1 , Keonyeop Kim  3 , Hyeung-Keun Park  4 , Gil-Won Kang  5 , Jun-Ho Shin  6 , Jongsoo Kang  7 , Byoung-Gwon Kim  8 , Young-Hoon Lee  9 , Hye Seon Jeong  10 , Lee Heeyoung  11 , Won Kyung Lee  12 , Seongheon Kim  13 , Young-Kwon Park  14
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Multicenter Study

Health-related quality of life using WHODAS 2.0 and associated factors 1 year after stroke in Korea: a multi-centre and cross-sectional study

Hey Jean Lee et al. BMC Neurol. .

Abstract

Background: Little is known about the self-perceived level of disability of stroke survivors in the community. We aimed to characterise Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) 1 year after stroke and investigate how sociodemographic and stroke-related factors and medical adherence explain the self-perceived level of disability in a Korean stroke population.

Methods: This was a multicentre cross-sectional study. A total of 382 ischaemic stroke survivors at 1 year after onset from 11 university hospitals underwent a one-session assessment, including socioeconomic variables, the modified Rankin Scale (mRS), various neurological sequelae, the Morisky, Green and Levin-Medication Adherence Questionnaire (MGL), and the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0) 36-items. The relationship between disability and different variables was analysed using ordinal logistic regression.

Results: The prevalence of disability based on global WHODAS 2.0 was 62.6% (mild, 41.6%; moderate, 16.0%; severe, 5.0%). The prevalence of severe disability was higher in participation in society (16.8%) and getting around (11.8%) than in other domains. Low MGL- motivation was the only factor determining a significant association between all six domains of disability after adjustment. Different predictors for specific domains were age, mRS, dysarthria, trouble seeing, cognition problems, and MGL-motivation for understanding and communicating; age, recurrent stroke, mRS, hemiplegia, facial palsy, general weakness, and MGL-motivation for getting around; age, education, mRS, hemiplegia, and MGL-motivation for self-care; education, recurrent stroke, hemiplegia, dysarthria, and MGL-motivation for getting along with people; age, education, income, mRS, hemiplegia, dysarthria, MGL-knowledge, and MGL-motivation for life activities; living without a spouse, mRS, hemiplegia, dysarthria, trouble seeing, cognition problems, general weakness, and MGL-motivation for participation in society.

Conclusions: Self-perceived disability according to the WHODAS 2.0 at 1 year after stroke was highly prevalent. Each disability domain showed a different prevalence and associated factors. Interventions promoting medical adherence to motivation seemed to help achieve high HRQoL in all domains.

Keywords: Complications; Disability; Medical adherence; Motivation; Quality of life; Stroke; WHODAS 2.0.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Fig. 1
Distribution of WHODAS global scores by domain. GS = Global scores; UAC = Understanding and communicating; GAR = Getting around; SCA = Self-care; GAP = Getting along with people; LAC = Life activities; PSO = Participation in society
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