Relationship Between Disability and Health‐Related Quality of Life and Caregiver Burden in Patients With Upper Limb Poststroke Spasticity

Abstract

In patients with upper limb poststroke spasticity, increasing disability in the hygiene, dressing, and pain domains of the Disability Assessment Scale were associated with diminishing HRQoL. Furthermore, these patients required caregiver assistance proportionally related to the severity of their disability in the hygiene and dressing domains.