Analysis identifies recovery trajectories in stroke survivors and their impact on quality of life and caregiver burden.
Key Points
The aim is to identify distinct functional recovery trajectories among stroke survivors and examine their associations with quality of life and caregiver burden.
Involved 225 patients with acute ischemic stroke, assessed at multiple time points (T0, T1, T2, T3).
Functional status, quality of life, and caregiver burden were measured using standardized scales.
Latent growth mixture modelling was used to identify recovery trajectories.
Associations were analyzed using ANOVA and χ2 tests.
Three recovery trajectory classes identified: moderate upward (20.4%), low-stable (4.9%), and high-functioning stable (74.7%).
Class 3 patients were younger and less severely impaired initially, with higher quality of life and lower caregiver burden.
Class 2 comprised older, more impaired individuals, reporting the lowest quality of life.
Significant differences in patient-reported outcomes between classes (p < 0.001).
Cite This Study
Grabowska-Fudala et al. (2026) studied this question.