Quality of life after stroke worse for women

SOURCE:  MedlinePlus:  Reuters health

DATE:  November 7, 2007

EXCERPT:  "Among stroke survivors, women seem to be at greater risk of poor physical and emotional well-being than men are, new research suggests. .. In a study of nearly 1,300 stroke survivors, researchers found that women tended to report poorer quality of life than men did six months after the stroke. The reasons are not completely clear, but factors such as age and stroke severity did not explain the difference ..."

RELATED PUBMED LINK:

Gray LJ, Sprigg N, Bath PM, Boysen G, De Deyn PP, Leys D, O'Neill D, Ringelstein EB; TAIST Investigators. Sex differences in quality of life in stroke survivors: data from the Tinzaparin in Acute Ischaemic Stroke Trial (TAIST). Stroke. 2007 Nov;38(11):2960-4.