Better survival of older patients with stroke managed in a collaborative stroke pathway.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compare the survival of stroke patients over 70 years old managed in the collaborative Stroke Pathway dedicated to the OLD patients (SPOLD) with those referred to conventional rehabilitation wards.

Methods

This longitudinal observational retrospective cohort study involved over 70 years old patients referred from the same neurovascular emergency unit in a university hospital in France to a post-stroke geriatric unit within the SPOLD pathway, compared to patients referred to conventional rehabilitation ward during the same period. Initial stroke severity and comorbidities were assessed using the NIHSS score and the Charlson index, respectively. The primary endpoint was 2-year survival, analyzed using Cox models for both the entire cohort and a propensity score-matc

SUBMITTER: Oquendo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12378616 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature