Prognostic value of acute National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale Items on disability: a registry study of first-ever stroke in the western part of Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to study how the individual items of the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) at admission predict functional independence 3 months post-stroke in patients with first-ever stroke.

Setting

This registry-based study used data from two Swedish stroke registers (Riksstroke, the mandatory national quality register for stroke care in Sweden, and Väststroke, a local quality stroke register in Gothenburg).

Participants

This study included patients with first-ever acute stroke admitted from November 2014 to August 2018, with available NIHSS at admission and modified Rankin Scale (mRS) at 3-month follow-up.

Primary outcome

The primary outcome variable was mRS≤1 (defined as an excellent outcome) at 3-month follow-up.

Results

We inc

SUBMITTER: Hagberg G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10748889 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature