Daniëlla M. Oosterveer, Radha Rambaran Mishre, Andrea van Oort, Karin Bodde, Leo A. M. Aerden
Rijnlands Rehabilitation Centre, 2333AL Leiden, The Netherlands. E-mail: dmo@rrc.nl

DOI: 10.2340/16501977-2199

The importance of the mood of patients suffering from a stroke

In this study we examined whether patients who suffered from a stroke were satisfied of their life or not. It appears that most patients are satisfied of their lives as a whole. We also examined which factors are involved in being satisfied after a stroke. The only factor that was convincingly involved was depressive symptoms: when patient experienced more depressive symptoms they were more often not satisfied with their lives. Physicians should therefore pay close attention to the mood of patients who suffered from a stroke.