A Prospective Comparative Study of Health Inequalities and the Epidemiology of Stroke in French Guiana and Dijon, France.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In French Guiana poverty is widespread and specialized care is lacking. We aimed to compare strokes between precarious and non-precarious patients within French Guiana and to compare the epidemiology of ischemic strokes and their outcomes between French Guiana and mainland France.

Methods

A multicenter prospective cohort examined the influence of social inequalities on stroke characteristics. Consecutive patients aged > 18 years admitted for an acute ischemic stroke, confirmed by neuroimaging were eligible. Exclusion criteria were a history of symptomatic stroke, presence of other short-term life-threatening diseases and inability to contact patients by telephone during follow-up. Social deprivation was measured using the EPICES score, which is based on a multidim

SUBMITTER: Rochemont DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9136220 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature