Women May Fare Worse Than Men After Stroke

July 27th, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

FRIDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) — Women have a poorer quality of life
after a stroke or a ministroke than men, according to Swedish
researchers.

In the study, 379 stroke patients and 117 transient ischemic attack
(TIA), or ministroke, patients answered a quality-of-life survey that
measured physical, emotional and social aspects of their health.
Ministrokes are brief blockages of the blood supply cause temporary stroke
symptoms.

Female stroke patients had much lower scores than men in five of six
aspects of quality of life: emotion, sleep, energy, pain and mobility, the
researchers reported in the August issue of the Journal of Clinical
Nursing.

In terms of specific issues, women were more likely than men to report
problems with housekeeping (56 percent versus 36 percent) after a stroke.
Men were more likely than women to report issues with sex (34 percent
versus 19 percent).

Female ministroke patients were much more likely than men to be
affected in all aspects of quality of life. Specifically, women were more
likely than men to feel the effects from their ministroke in the following
areas: housekeeping (48 percent versus 20 percent, respectively); family
(13 percent versus 0 percent, respectively); and leisure time activities
(42 percent versus 23 percent, respectively).

The researchers also found that male stroke patients were much more
affected in certain areas of quality of life than male ministroke patients
(emotional, energy, social) but there were no significant differences
between female stroke and ministroke patients.

“Our study shows that female stroke patients are more affected than
male stroke patients when it comes to quality of life,” study co-author
Dr. Ann Charlotte Laska, of Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm, said in a
journal news release. “It also shows that female [ministroke] patients are
as badly affected when it comes to quality of life as female stroke
patients and need the same level of support after they are discharged from
hospital.”

More information

The American Stroke Association has more about life after stroke.