Stroke follow-up in primary care: a Norwegian modelling study on the implications of multimorbidity for guideline adherence.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Specialized acute treatment and high-quality follow-up is meant to reduce mortality and disability from stroke. While the acute treatment for stroke takes place in hospitals, the follow-up of stroke survivors largely takes place in general practice. National guidelines give recommendations for the follow-up. However, previous studies suggest that guidelines are not sufficiently adhered to. It has been suggested that this might be due to the complexity of general practice. A part of this complexity is constituted by patients' multimorbidity; the presence of two or more chronic conditions in the same person. In this study we investigated the extent of multimorbidity among stroke survivors residing in the communities. The aim was to assess the implications of multimorbidity for the

SUBMITTER: Pedersen RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798338 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature