Symptom burden profiles and influencing factors in convalescent stroke patients: a latent profile analysis

• Published in: BMC neurology Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 266 - 11
• Main Authors: Huang, Xiaojiao, Peng, Ying, Zhou, Kebing, Ji, Yelin, Wang, Qingqing, Deng, Yanfang, Huang, Zhilian, Yan, Fengxia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 01.07.2025; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; Adult; Aged; Analysis; Care and treatment; Chronic illnesses; Convalescence - psychology; Convalescent period; Cost of Illness; Cross-Sectional Studies; Development and progression; Disease; Fatigue; Fatigue - etiology; Fear; Female; Humans; Influencing factors; Latent profile analysis; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Patients; Physiology; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Rehabilitation; Sample size; Self-care, Health; Statistical analysis; Strategic planning (Business); Stress (Psychology); Stroke; Stroke - complications; Stroke - diagnosis; Stroke - physiopathology; Stroke - psychology; Stroke patients; Stroke Rehabilitation; Surveys and Questionnaires; Symptom Burden; Symptom management; China; Latent profile analysis; Stroke; Influencing factors; Symptom burden; Convalescent period

With advancements in acute stroke treatments, more patients receive timely interventions and survive. However, during the recovery phase, stroke patients often experience a range of coexisting symptoms, which contribute to significant physical and psychological distress and hinder rehabilitation out...