Quality of life of adult stroke patients: Qualitative phenomenology

The incidence of adult stroke patients, particularly in ischemic stroke, is predicted to increase significantly. A stroke can cause various complications such as disability or weakness in one or more body parts. Permanent disability in post-stroke patients greatly affects their quality of life, which is particularly pertinent in adult patients given its impact on productivity and self-esteem. This study aims to determine the quality of life in adult stroke patients. A phenomenological design was adopted, and participants were selected using purposive sampling. The data collection process was conducted through semi-structured interviews and was analyzed with Colaizzi by organizing and reading the transcripts to identify significant data and generate themes. This study identified 5 themes from 10 sub-themes and 15 categories, including the decrease in independence, self-confidence, and social interaction that affects the quality of life, inadequate quality of the home environment, and increase in spiritual approach during illness. These themes affect the quality of life in adult post-stroke patients. Exists decreased quality of life in the physical domain, the psychological domain, the social domain, and the environmental domain but there was an increase in the spiritual domain