Impact of areal socioeconomic status on prehospital delay of acute ischaemic stroke: retrospective cohort study from a prefecture-wide survey in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine whether the Areal Deprivation Index (ADI), an indicator of the socioeconomic status of the community the patient resides in, is associated with delayed arrival at the hospital and poor outcomes in patients with acute ischaemic stroke from a prefecture-wide stroke database in Japan.

Design

Retrospective study.

Setting

Twenty-nine acute stroke hospitals in Kochi prefecture, Japan.

Participants

Nine thousand and six hundred fifty-one patients with acute ischaemic stroke who were urgently hospitalised, identified using the Kochi Acute Stroke Survey of Onset registry. Capital and non-capital areas were analysed separately.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Prehospital delay defined as hospital arrival ≥4-hour after stroke onset, poo

SUBMITTER: Fukuda H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450073 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature