Preexisting Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia, and Receipt of Treatments for Acute Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Differences in acute ischemic stroke (AIS) treatment by cognitive status are unclear, but some studies have found patients with preexisting dementia get less treatment. We compared AIS care by preexisting cognitive status.

Methods

Cross-sectional analysis of prospectively obtained data on 836 adults ≥45 with AIS from the population-based Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi project from 2008 to 2013. We compared receipt of a composite quality measure representing the percentage of 7 treatments/procedures received (ordinal scale; values, <0.75, 0.75-0.99, and 1.0), a binary defect-free quality score, and individual treatments after AIS between patients with preexisting dementia (Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly score ≥3

SUBMITTER: Levine DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8154649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature