Important factors in predicting mortality outcome from stroke: Findings from the Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study

Myint, Phyo Kyaw, Bachmann, Max O. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-3506, Loke, Yoon Kong, Musgrave, Stanley D., Price, Gill M., Hale, Rachel, Metcalf, Anthony Kneale, Turner, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1689-4147, Day, Diana J., Warburton, Elizabeth A. and Potter, John F. (2017) Important factors in predicting mortality outcome from stroke: Findings from the Anglia Stroke Clinical Network Evaluation Study. Age and Ageing, 46 (1). pp. 83-90. ISSN 0002-0729

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Abstract

Background: although variation in stroke service provision and outcomes have been previously investigated, it is less well known what service characteristics are associated with reduced short- and medium-term mortality. Methods: data from a prospective multicentre study (2009–12) in eight acute regional NHS trusts with a catchment population of about 2.6 million were used to examine the prognostic value of patient-related factors and service characteristics on stroke mortality outcome at 7, 30 and 365 days post stroke, and time to death within 1 year. Results: a total of 2,388 acute stroke patients (mean (standard deviation) 76.9 (12.7) years; 47.3% men, 87% ischaemic stroke) were included in the study. Among patients characteristics examined increasing age, haemorrhagic stroke, total anterior circulation stroke type, higher prestroke frailty, history of hypertension and ischaemic heart disease and admission hyperglycaemia predicted 1-year mortality. Additional inclusion of stroke service characteristics controlling for patient and service level characteristics showed varying prognostic impact of service characteristics on stroke mortality over the disease course during first year after stroke at different time points. The most consistent finding was the benefit of higher nursing levels; an increase in one trained nurses per 10 beds was associated with reductions in 30-day mortality of 11–28% (P < 0.0001) and in 1-year mortality of 8–12% (P < 0.001). Conclusions: there appears to be consistent and robust evidence of direct clinical benefit on mortality up to 1 year after acute stroke of higher numbers of trained nursing staff over and above that of other recognised mortality risk factors.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: older people,stroke,services,staffing,outcome,mortality
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Services and Primary Care
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Epidemiology and Public Health
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Population Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
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Date Deposited: 24 Sep 2016 00:17
Last Modified: 06 Jun 2024 14:56
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59968
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw175

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