Disability and quality of life in Guillain-Barré syndrome – Longitudinal study

•SF-36 is able to capture specific life domains omitted by standard outcome measures.•SF-36 score at day 14 is an independent predictor of SF-36 score at month 6.•Neurologists should look both on disability and quality of life in GBS patients. Longitudinal health-related quality of life (QoL) data in Guillain-Barré (GBS) patients are still scarce. We, therefore, investigated health- related QoL in GBS patients from Serbia and surrounding countries during a six-month follow-up period, and analyzed its association with patients' disability. Our study comprised 74 adult patients diagnosed with GBS from May 2017 until May 2018 in seven tertiary healthcare centers. Health-related QoL was investigated using the SF-36 questionnaire, and compared with functional disability assessed by the GBS disability scale (GDS). Tests were performed at day 14, day 28, month 3 and month 6 from disease onset. GDS and SF-36 scores improved over time (p