A new study reveals that stroke not only deducts years from the patients’ lives but also reduces the quality of remaining life.

They found that people who suffer a stroke lose an average of 1.71 years of five years of perfect health due to early death and 1.08 years due to reduced quality of life, thus losing a total average of 2.79 ‘quality-adjusted life years’.
“The degree to which a stroke will impact an individual's quality of life will be driven by the severity of the event. Whereas in many cases a minor stroke may have little impact on a patient's life, a severe stroke will almost invariably pose a considerable negative impact”, Luengo-Fernandez said.
Source-Medindia