Stroke Patients' Status Post-Acute Phase of Illness. How Is It and How Ought It to Be: Ain Shams University Experience.

Background: Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide with a great impact on quality of life. Ain Shams University Hospital is a tertiary center for neurology and a pioneer in offering comprehensive stroke service in the region.

Methods: A cross sectional study in which an 8 domains questionnaire was applied to all cerebrovascular stroke patients who were admitted to the stroke unit of the neurology department of Ain Shams University Hospital in the period from January 2016 till May 2017, with the aim to define pitfalls in post discharge.