Satisfaction with Stroke Care Among Patients with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias: A Swedish Register-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient dissatisfaction with stroke care is associated with poor self-rated health and unmet care needs. Dementia patients' satisfaction with stroke care is understudied.

Objective

To compare satisfaction with stroke care in patients with and without dementia.

Methods

This longitudinal cohort study included 5,932 dementia patients (2007-2017) who suffered a first stroke after dementia diagnosis and 39,457 non-dementia stroke patients (2007-2017). Data were retrieved by linking the Swedish Stroke Register, the Swedish Dementia Register, the Swedish National Patient Register, and the Swedish Prescribed Drug Register. The association between dementia and satisfaction was analyzed with ordinal logistic regression.

Results

When dementia patients answered

SUBMITTER: Hoang MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7902943 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature