Predictors of recurrent stroke and subsequent mortality among patients experiencing housing instability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The experience of homelessness has been linked with developing poor health outcomes. Little is known about the risk of recurrent stroke among these individuals. This study investigated the correlates of developing recurrent stroke and subsequent mortality among Veterans with housing instability.

Methods

Using a national sample of Veterans from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who had an indicator of housing instability between 2014-2018 (n=659,987), we identified 15,566 Veterans who experienced incident stroke. We compared characteristics of Veterans who experienced incident stroke and did and did not experience recurrent stroke and conducted logistic regressions using a discrete-time survival framework to assess two outcomes: recurrent stroke and all-cause

SUBMITTER: Montgomery AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11347088 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature