Erciyes Üniversitesi, Halil Bayraktar Sağlık Hizmetleri Meslek Yüksek Okulu, Kayseri

Objective: To search the relation between sociodemographic and clinic variables and quality of life and evaluate the quality of life in cases having chronic cerebro vascular disease (CVD). Material and method: As a data gathering device, a questionaire form, for evaluating quality of life; a SF-36 quality of life scale for determining the degree of depression; beck depression invantory (BDI), for determining CVD severity; Canadian Neurological Scale (CNS), for functional evaluation, functional independence measure (FIM) are used. Results: 43 (64%) of the cases are male and 27 (38.6%) are female and their mean age is 60.16&plusmn;11.30. Disease duration of the cases in working group was 197.44&plusmn;26.22 days.There was an interior disease in 51 (72%) cases. In our study it is determined that as the age of patients increases there is a significant decrease in physical functionality and general health perception scores (p<0.05). As CNS and FIM increases it is determined that there is a significant increase in physical functionality, physical role limitations, energy/activity, social functionality, general health perception health dimension scores.(p<0.05). Conclusion: Quality of life in chronic CVD is effected by disease severity, functional condition and depression.