Publications by authors named "M A Buergo-Zuaznabar"
Introduction: The stroke-specific quality of life scale (ECVI-38) is the first Spanish-language instrument for evaluating the quality of life in individuals who have survived a stroke.
Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the third version of the ECVI-38.
Patients And Methods: A total of 243 stroke survivors were interviewed 2 months-2 years after the event; 61 of them were surveyed again 7-14 days later and 74 others were interviewed on beginning and ending a two-month period of rehabilitation.
Introduction: The selection of a measure that can be used to evaluate the outcome of therapeutic interventions in stroke patients has had a conceptual problem in that there is a need to detect a wide range of deficiencies, disabilities and handicaps as part of a patient-based model. It has also suffered from a methodological problem due to the lack of systematic attention given to the development of standard instruments.
Aims: We conducted this study with the aim of getting over these limitations by developing a scale to evaluate the quality of life in stroke survivors.
Objective: We made a study of the 79 patients who were discharged from the Instituto Nacional de Neurología (La Havana, Cuba) during 1998, with the diagnosis of cerebral infarct, with the objective of analysing their behavior.
Patients And Methods: In this analysis we considered: the previous clinical history of factors and illnesses of risk, the certainty of the diagnosis in the emergency room, presenting symptoms, clinical signs, vascular territory, etiopathogenic category and results of cranial computerized axial tomography (CAT).
Results And Conclusions: Arterial hypertension, smoking, cerebrovascular disease and ischemic cardiopathy were the commonest clinical features seen.