Patient with stroke: hospital discharge planning, functionality and quality of life.

Stroke still causes high levels of human inability and suffering, and it is one of the main causes of death in developed countries, including Portugal.

OBJECTIVE: analyze the strategies of hospital discharge planning for these patients, increasing the knowledge related to hospitalhome transition, discharge planning processes and the main impact on the quality of life and functionality.

METHOD: integrative literature review using the PICOD criteria, with database research.

RESULTS: 19 articles were obtained, using several approaches and contexts. For quality of life, the factors related to the patient satisfaction with care and the psychoemotional aspects linked with functionality are the most significant.

CONCLUSION: during the hospitalization period, a careful hospital discharge planning and comprehensive care to patients and caregivers - in particular the functional and psychoemotional aspects - tend to have an impact on the quality of life of patients.