Aim: This study was conducted to assess the impact of st roke on qual i ty of l i fe of elderly and to identi fy the
determinant of QoL in geriatric stroke patients.
Methods: A cross sectional study was per formed on 100 Pat ients wi th history of cerebrovascular st roke at least
three months ago. Al l participants were subjected to complete medical history taking, cogni tive assessment: using
Mini -Cog and assessment of qual i ty of l i fe by the short form 36 heal th survey (SF-36) in i ts Arabic version
Results: The cur rent study revealed that QoL of studied population was low wi th median score 34, and the most
affected QoL domains were role l imi tation due to physical heal th (RLPH) and th at QoL was negatively cor related to
age, duration, number of comorbidi ties and depression.
Conclusions: HRQOL of elderly st roke patients is low, physical and emotional heal th is the mostly af fected. Most
determinant factor for QoL domains and sub domains was age.