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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1997;63:382-384 doi:10.1136/jnnp.63.3.382
  • Short report

Quality of life after perimesencephalic haemorrhage

  1. Eva H Brilstra,
  2. Jeanette W Hop,
  3. Gabriel J E Rinkel
  1. University Department of Neurology Utrecht, The Netherlands
  1. Correspondence to: Dr Jeanette W Hop, University Department of Neurology, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
  • Received 29 January 1997
  • Revised 15 April 1997
  • Accepted 21 April 1997

Abstract

Quality of life was measured by means of the sickness impact profile (SIP) questionnaire in a prospectively collected, consecutive series of 25 patients with perimesencephalic haemorrhage. A mean of two years and four months (range six months to six years) after the perimesencephalic haemorrhage, quality of life scores of the (former) patients were comparable with those of a random sample from the Dutch population. For physical aspects the patients showed even less dysfunction than controls. It is concluded that a perimesencephalic haemorrhage does not reduce quality of life or capacity to work.

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