[Quality of life of neurological patients during therapy and rehabilitation]

Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult. 2006 Jan-Feb:(1):13-9.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

A total of 198 neurological patients on physiotherapeutic rehabilitation participated in a questionnaire survey on their quality of life. The patients had diabetic polyneuropathy (n = 86), disorders in spinal blood circulation (n = 65), 47 patients were operated for discal hernia of the lumbar spine. It was found that all the responders suffer from physical, psychological, emotional and social sequelae of their diseases which deteriorate their quality of life. The severity of this deterioration depends on the form and stage of the disease, motor and sensitive disturbances. Rehabilitation improved subjective response, social, psychological and emotional parameters. Thus, the proposed questionnaires proved valid for assessment of physiotherapy efficacy in neurological patients.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Nervous System Diseases / psychology
  • Nervous System Diseases / rehabilitation*
  • Nervous System Diseases / therapy*
  • Quality of Life* / psychology
  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Treatment Outcome