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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2631-2581</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Ecuatoriana de Neurología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Ecuat Neurol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2631-2581</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Médica Ecuatoriana de Neurología]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2631-25812020000200052</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.46997/revecuatneurol29200052</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Calidad de vida en pacientes con enfermedad cerebrovascular evaluados en un hospital venezolano.]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Quality of life in patients with stroke evaluated in a Venezuelan hospital]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Elvira]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salazar]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Zulia Medicina Interna ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Maracaibo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Zulia Centro de Investigaciones Endocrino Metabólicas &#8220;Dr. Félix Gómez&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Maracaibo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Venezuela</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>29</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>52</fpage>
<lpage>57</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2631-25812020000200052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2631-25812020000200052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2631-25812020000200052&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo: Determinar la calidad de vida relacionada a la salud (CVRS), en los pacientes con enfermedad cerebrovascular (ECV) que acudieron al Servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital General del Sur &#8220;Dr. Pedro Iturbe&#8221; en Maracaibo, Venezuela.  Materiales y Métodos: Se realizó un estudio de tipo descriptivo y transversal, con un diseño no experimental. La muestra estuvo representada por los primeros 80 pacientes con un primer evento de ECV evaluados en la consulta externa del mencionado hospital; para valorar la CVRS se utilizó la Escala de Calidad de Vida para el Ictus.  Resultados: De los sujetos evaluados el 53,8% fueron mujeres, el promedio general de edad fue 60,7±9,4 años. El ictus isquémico fue el más frecuente, mientras que el 67,5% de los sujetos evaluados mostro algún grado de afectación en su CVRS, cuya mayor proporción fue de afectación moderada (36,3%) y afectación leve (27,5%).  Conclusión: No se evidenciaron diferencias en la CVRS según tipo de ictus presentado, pese a que en la evaluación general la mayoría reportó una afectación leve a moderada de la calidad de vida, el análisis por dominio muestra una mayor afectación en las funciones sociales, actividades básicas y problemas físicos.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective: Determine the health related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) evaluated in the Internal Medicine outpatient service from the Hospital General Hospital del Sur "Dr. Pedro Iturbe&#8221; en Maracaibo, Venezuela.  Materials and Methods: A descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted, with a non-experimental design. The sample was represented by the first 80 patients with a new onset episode of CVD evaluated in the outpatient service from this hospital; to assess HRQL, the Quality of Life Scale for Stroke 38 was used.  Results: Of the subjects evaluated, 53.8% were women, the overall age was 60.7±9.4 years. Ischemic stroke was the most frequent, while 67.5% of the subjects evaluated showed some degree of involvement in their HRQL, specially moderate (36.3%) and mild (27.5%) degree.  Conclusion: no differences in HRQL were evidenced according to stroke type, although in general evaluation the majority reported a mild to moderate HRQL affectation, the analysis by domain shows a greater involvement in social functions, basic activities and physical problems.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[enfermedad cerebrovascular]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[secuelas]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[déficit motor.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[quality of life]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cerebrovascular disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sequelae]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[motor deficit.]]></kwd>
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