Trends in baseline patient characteristics during the years 1995-2008: Observations from riks-stroke, the swedish stroke register

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 114-119

  Appelros, Peter ^a   Jonsson, Fredrik ^b   Asplund, Kjell ^b   Eriksson, Marie ^b   Glader, Eva Lotta ^b   Åsberg, Kerstin Hulter ^c   Norrving, Bo ^d   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^e   Terént, Andreas ^f  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Enkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Quality improvement; Stroke registries; Stroke risk factors; Trends, stroke patients

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIKS-STROKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952466582     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000314714     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Asplund K, Hulter Åsberg K, Norrving B, Stegmayr B, Terént A, Wester PO: Riks-Stroke -a Swedish national quality register for stroke care. Cerebrovasc Dis 2003; 15(suppl 1):5-7.
2. Wattigney WA, Croft JB, Mensah GA, Alberts MJ, Shephard TJ, Gorelick PB, Nilasena DS, Hess DC, Walker MD, Hanley DF Jr, Shwayder P, Girgus M, Neff LJ, Williams JE, LaBarthe DR, Collins JL: Establishing data elements for the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry.1. Proceedings of an expert panel. Stroke 2003; 34: 151-156.
3. Farooq MU, Reeves MJ, Gargano J, Wehner S, Hickenbottom S, Majid A: In-hospital stroke in a statewide stroke registry. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008; 25: 12-20.
4. Kapral MK, Laupacis A, Phillips SJ, Silver FL, Hill MD, Fang J, Richards J, Tu JV: Stroke care delivery in institutions participating in the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. Stroke 2004; 35: 1756-1762. (Pubitemid 38823660)
5. Ribo M, Molina CA, Pedragosa A, Sanclemente C, Santamarina E, Rubiera M, Delgado-Mederos R, Maisterra O, Quintana M, Alvarez-Sabin J: Geographic differences in acute stroke care in Catalunya: impact of a regional interhospital network. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008; 26: 284-288.
6. Grau AJ, Weimar C, Buggle F, Heinrich A, Goertler M, Neumaier S, Glahn J, Brandt T, Hacke W, Diener HC: Risk factors, outcome, and treatment in subtypes of ischemic stroke: the German stroke data bank. Stroke 2001; 32: 2559-2566.
7. Appelros P, Högerås N, Terént A: Case ascertainment in stroke studies: the risk of selection bias. Acta Neurol Scand 2003; 107: 145-149.
8. Carrera E, Maeder-Ingvar M, Rossetti AO, Devuyst G, Bogousslavsky J: Trends in risk factors, patterns and causes in hospitalized strokes over 25 years: The Lausanne Stroke Registry. Cerebrovasc Dis 2007; 24: 97-103.
9. Arboix A, Cendrós V, Besa M, García-Eroles L, Oliveres M, Targa C, Balcells M, Comes E, Massons J: Trends in risk factors, stroke subtypes and outcome: nineteen-year data from the Sagrat Cor Hospital of Barcelona stroke registry. Cerebrovasc Dis 2008; 26: 509-516.
10. Islam MS, Anderson CS, Hankey GJ, Hardie K, Carter K, Broadhurst R, Jamrozik K: Trends in incidence and outcome of stroke in Perth, Western Australia, during 1989 to 2001: the Perth Community Stroke Study. Stroke 2008; 39: 776-782.
11. Riks-Stroke Collaboration: Analyzing report from Riks-Stroke for 1994 through 1996 (in Swedish). Umeå, Västerbotten County Council, 1997.
12. Stegmayr B, Asplund K, Hulter-Åsberg K, Norrving B, Peltonen M, Terént A, Wester PO, Riks-Stroke Collaboration: Stroke units in their natural habitat: can results of randomized trials be reproduced in routine clinical practice? Stroke 1999; 30: 709-714.
13. Riks-Stroke Collaboration: Riks-Stroke Web site. Umeå, 2009. http://www.riks-stroke.org (accessed February 1st, 2009).
14. Starmark JE, Stålhammar D, Holmgren E: The Reaction Level Scale (RLS85): manual and guidelines. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 1988; 91: 12-20.
15. R Foundation: The R Project for Statistical Computing. Software R. 2008. http://www. r-project.org/ (accessed 2008).
16. Terént A: Trends in stroke incidence and 10-year survival in Söderhamn, Sweden, 1975-2001. Stroke 2003; 34: 1353-1358.
17. Benatru I, Rouaud O, Durier J, Contegal F, Couvreur G, Bejot Y, Osseby GV, Ben Salem D, Ricolfi F, Moreau T, Giroud M: Stable stroke incidence rates but improved case-fatality in Dijon, France, from 1985 to 2004. Stroke 2006; 37: 1674-1679.
18. Statistics Sweden: Population Statistics. Stockholm, Statistiska Centralbyrån, 2009. http://www.scb.se/ (accessed October 25, 2009).
19. Liao J, Khalid Z, Scallan C, Morillo C, O'Donnell M: Noninvasive cardiac monitoring for detecting paroxysmal atrial fibrillation or flutter after acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review. Stroke 2007; 38: 2935-2940.
20. Stegmayr B, Asplund K: Exploring the declining case fatality in acute stroke: population-based observations in the northern Sweden MONICA Project. J Intern Med 1996; 240: 143-149.
21. Numminen H, Kaste M, Aho K, Waltimo O, Kotila M: Decreased severity of brain infarct can in part explain the decreasing case fatality rate of stroke. Stroke 2000; 31: 651-655.
22. Rothwell PM, Coull AJ, Giles MF, Howard SC, Silver LE, Bull LM, Gutnikov SA, Edwards P, Mant D, Sackley CM, Farmer A, Sandercock PA, Dennis MS, Warlow CP, Bamford JM, Anslow P: Change in stroke incidence, mortality, case-fatality, severity, and risk factors in Oxfordshire, UK, from 1981 to 2004 (Oxford Vascular Study). Lancet 2004; 363: 1925-1933.
23. Wilhelmsen L, Welin L, Svärdsudd K, Wedel H, Eriksson H, Hansson PO, Rosengren A: Secular changes in cardiovascular risk factors and attack rate of myocardial infarction among men aged 50 in Gothenburg, Sweden: accurate prediction using risk models. J Intern Med 2008; 263: 636-643.
24. Hulter Åsberg K, Johansson L, Staaf A, Stegmayr B, Wester PO: Life after stroke -a new national study: renewed follow-up of stroke patients shows increased dependency on the support from the next-of-kin. Läkartidningen 2005; 102: 2938-2941.