الخلاصة

Stroke is a major cause of mortality worldwide and commonly occurs among elderly, and between all the neurologic diseases of adult life, stroke ranks first in frequency and importance. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was adapted to assess the impact of stroke in the current study to achieve the early stated objectives, the study started from February 10th 2019 to May 22nd 2019. A non-probability (purposive) sample of (92) patients who found in Middle Euphrates Neuroscience Center. Results: The results show that the most of participant age groups are more than 50 years old (93.5%), and (60.9%) of them are females, also(58.7%) of the subjects are illiterate. And (69.6%) of them had barley sufficient monthly income, (72.8%) of the participants are living in urban areas. The majority of the study sample (85.9%) are married,while after stroke, the results show that the most of study sample(96.7%)have no change in their marital status. Concerning occupational status,about (53.3%) are housewives, while (50%) of the participants lost their job after stroke. The results also show that the all patients are affected by stroke, three-quarter of them arehighly affected and the fourth quarter are moderately affected, because the health institutions lack many specialist rehabilitation centers and physiotherapists. Conclusion: The study confirmed that all patients involved were affected by the stroke .