Quality of life among patients during subacute phase following stroke during hospitalisation period in Shanghai.

This study aimed to investigate the factors influencing the quality of life of in-hospital subacute stroke patients. The patients of subacute stroke (within four weeks) in our institution between 2015 and 2016 were recruited. Patients' characteristics and QOL were obtained from medical charts and stroke-specific quality of life scale (SS-QOL). Associations of each domain in SS-QOL with socio-demographic, clinical factors and patient satisfaction were investigated using the linear regression models. Among the 203 subjects, 60 were diagnosed as large artery atherosclerosis (LAA), 80 were small-artery occlusion (SAO), 28 were cardioembolism (CE) and 35 were intracranial haemorrhage (ICH). The ICH group had the worst self-care ability and upper extremity function. Worse severity of stroke was associated with lower levels of language ability, mobility, mood status and upper-extremity function. Participants who had better satisfaction had high levels of capability of conducting family roles, positive emotions, personality consistency, self-care ability and capacity of conducting social roles. The level of patient satisfaction, duration of hospitalisation and the severity of stroke were found to be the three important factors associated with SS-QOL at hospital discharge, indicating doctors might assist patients adjust to the consequences of stroke and improve the QOL of subacute stroke.