Clinical practice
SF-36 scale is being used to assess the quality of life of stroke
patients in Turkey (Topcu and Pınar, 2012). The results of this study
showed that the use of the SSQOL scale may be more appropriate,
especially in acute stroke patients. In addition,
stroke -specific QOL scale (SSQOL)
will provide nurses more objective information when evaluating
especially the physical activity of the patients, when compared with
SF-36.