Sibel Ozbudak Demir1, Füsun Köseoğlu. 1. Ankara Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital of Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey. sibiozbudak@hotmail.com
Abstract
PURPOSE: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in control subjects and patients with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) 6 months after rehabilitation. To determine the relationship of several sociodemographic and medical factors with the HRQOL of the GBS survivors. METHODS: Thirty-one patients with severe GBS and 31 control subjects were included in the study. Demographic and medical variables were recorded. The functional outcome was measured using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), both at admission and discharge and also at the 6-month follow-up examination. The HRQOLs were assessed by the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) at the 6-month follow-up examination. RESULTS: There were significant improvements in functional status as measured by the FIM at discharge and also at 6 months. The scores of all of the NHP dimensions of the GBS patients were significantly higher than in the control subjects. Functional disability scores were highly related to the energy level, physical mobility and emotional reactions of the NHP domains. Education, gender, employment, mechanical ventilation and tendency to depression were the factors most related to the NHP domains. Age and marital status showed no significant correlation with the NHP scores. CONCLUSION: The HRQOL of the GBS patients remains lower than that of the control subjects. In addition to functional scores, several sociodemographic and medical variables, such as education, psychological factors, gender, mechanical ventilation and employment may play a crucial role in determining the quality of life in persons with GBS.
PURPOSE: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in control subjects and patients with severe Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) 6 months after rehabilitation. To determine the relationship of several sociodemographic and medical factors with the HRQOL of the GBS survivors. METHODS: Thirty-one patients with severe GBS and 31 control subjects were included in the study. Demographic and medical variables were recorded. The functional outcome was measured using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM), both at admission and discharge and also at the 6-month follow-up examination. The HRQOLs were assessed by the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) at the 6-month follow-up examination. RESULTS: There were significant improvements in functional status as measured by the FIM at discharge and also at 6 months. The scores of all of the NHP dimensions of the GBSpatients were significantly higher than in the control subjects. Functional disability scores were highly related to the energy level, physical mobility and emotional reactions of the NHP domains. Education, gender, employment, mechanical ventilation and tendency to depression were the factors most related to the NHP domains. Age and marital status showed no significant correlation with the NHP scores. CONCLUSION: The HRQOL of the GBSpatients remains lower than that of the control subjects. In addition to functional scores, several sociodemographic and medical variables, such as education, psychological factors, gender, mechanical ventilation and employment may play a crucial role in determining the quality of life in persons with GBS.
Authors: Nicholas Simatos Arsenault; Pierre-Olivier Vincent; Bai He Shen Yu; Robin Bastien; Aaron Sweeney Journal: Physiother Can Date: 2016 Impact factor: 1.037