Stroke Recovery: Surprising Influences and Residual Consequences

Table 1

Sequelae reported by stroke survivors and their caregivers (in percent) who reported impairment as one of the “top 5” most important problems or moderate/important problems ( each group).

Domain	Left hemisphere stroke survivor	Right hemisphere stroke survivor	Caregiver of left stroke survivor	Caregiver of right stroke survivor
Word retrieval	43	0	57	0
Reading	50	21	50	36
Writing/spelling	71	0	71	43
Memory	21	0	50	43
Energy (fatigue)	43	21	50	43
Mood	29	21	57	43
Walking	50	14	36	29
Right motor function	57	0	7	0
Left motor function	0	21	0	29
Prosody	0	0	0	29
Empathy	0	14	0	50
Spatial attention	0	0	0	29
Other cognitive	0	7	0	43
Personality/behavior	0	0	0	43
Sexual function	36	21	0	0

Results from bilateral and brainstem stroke patients and their caregivers are not included as there were only 2 or 3 participants in each group.
Other domains were not rated as moderate/important or in “top 5” most important problems by any participant (see the appendix for complete list of domains/symptoms).