Abstract
Background: Stroke is a neurological deficit resulted from a sudden decline in blood flow to a localized area of the brain. Worldwide someone every two seconds complain from a symptomatic stroke. According to American Stroke Association 2014, worldwide prevalence was 33 million strokes in 2010 which represent 11.13% of total deaths worldwide. Aim of the study: the study aims to assess the quality of life of cerebrovascular stroke patients. Subject& Methods: a descriptive research design was followed, the study was held in in Al-Hussein Hospital, (80 adult patients). Result: the main result of study revealed that, there was a highly significant relation between socio-demographic characteristics and the patients QOL especially age, employment status, and the monthly income, the overall QOL (P<0.05). Conclusions: There were a significants relation between socio-demographic characteristics and the patients QOL especially age, employment status, and monthly income, the overall QOL (P<0.05). Recommendation: the study recommended that, design health education program to raise stroke patient QOL, design program to improve care giver attitude toward stroke patient, collaborative efforts among the governmental agencies to improve the educational level of the citizens, further studies to examine QOL on larger group of patients to generalize the results.
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