Quality of life in Swedish patients with post-polio syndrome with a focus on age and sex

• To investigate the health-related quality of life (QOL) in Swedish patients with post-polio syndrome (PPS), with a focus on sex and age. A total of 364 patients were recruited from five Swedish post-polio clinics. Analysis was carried out using SF-36 and data were compared with those of a normal population. QOL was significantly lower in PPS patients for all eight subdomains and the two main scores (physical compound score and mental compound score) when compared with the controls. Male patients had a significantly higher QOL than female patients for all subdomains and also for mental compound score and physical compound score, a phenomenon also observed in the normal population. There was a decrease in QOL in the physical domains and an increase in vitality with age. PPS decreases health-related QOL in both sexes, more in female patients. QOL for physical domains decreases whereas vitality increases with age in both sexes. (C) 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

age difference

sex difference

health-related quality of life

post-polio syndrome

SF-36 HEALTH SURVEY

POLIO SURVIVORS

INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN

PREDICTIVE FACTORS

RISK-FACTORS

FOLLOW-UP

DISABILITY

SEQUELAE

PEOPLE

POLIOMYELITIS

Rehabilitation

REHABILITATION

SCI

REHABILITATION

SSCI

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