Population-based study of home-time by stroke type and correlation with modified Rankin score.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe home-time, stratified by stroke type, in a complete population and to determine its correlation with modified Rankin Scale (mRS) scores.

Methods

We used linked administrative data to derive home-time in all patients admitted for a cerebrovascular event in Alberta, Canada, between 2012 and 2016. Home-time is the number of days spent outside a health institution in the first 90 days after index hospitalization. We used negative binomial regression, adjusted for age, sex, Charlson comorbidity index, and hospital location, to determine the association between home-time and stroke type. In 552 patients enrolled in 4 acute ischemic stroke clinical trials, we used multivariable ordinal logistic regression analysis to determine the association between home-time

SUBMITTER: Yu AYX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5679416 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature