Cognitive impairment and its impact on quality of life in rural Indian female after stroke: A cross sectional study

Nikita S. Deshmukh, Ashish Bele*, Chaitanya A. Kulkarni

Ravi Nair Physiotherapy College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Stroke is main cause of death and disability which mainly affect higher function like cognitive impairment which affects the quality of life. The MoCA used to assessment of cognitive impairment and stroke specific quality of life for assessment of quality of life. The aim was to assess the effect of Cognitive Impairment on quality of life in Rural Indian women after stroke. The cognitive impairment was measured with the use of the MoCA and Quality of Life was measured by SS-Quality of Life questionnaire. Female stroke patient with age in between 41-70 year who was diagnosed by the physician is included in the study. Result of this study indicated that the cognitive functions ans quality of life significantly affected in rural females following stroke. (0.571; p=0.0001).the finding is the cognitive deficits occurred after stroke and it hamper the quality of life in majority of patient.

Keywords:

Rural Indian females, Stroke, Cognitive impairment, Quality of life, MoCA, and SS-QoL scale