In-Hospital and Post-Discharge Recovery after Acute Ischemic Stroke: a Nationwide Multicenter Stroke Registry-base Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Using data from a large national stroke registry, we aimed to investigate the incidence and determinants of in-hospital and post-discharge recovery after acute ischemic stroke and the independence of their occurrence.

Methods

In-hospital recovery was defined as an improvement of 4 points or > 40% in the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score from admission to discharge. Post-discharge recovery was defined as any improvement in the modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score from discharge to 3 months after stroke onset. Two analytic methods (multivariate and multivariable logistic regression) were applied to compare the effects of 18 known determinants of 3-month outcome and to verify whether in-hospital and post-discharge recovery occur independently.

SUBMITTER: Jang MU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6753366 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature