Use of stroke secondary prevention services: are there disparities in care?
Use of stroke secondary prevention services: are there disparities in care?
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使用中风二级预防服务：护理方面是否存在差异？
DOI：
10.1161/strokeaha.108.539619
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发表时间：
2009-05
期刊：
影响因子：
8.3
通讯作者：
Bravata DM
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文献类型：
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作者：
Ross JS;Halm EA;Bravata DM
To examine whether there are disparities in use of stroke secondary prevention services because disparities in stroke outcomes have been found among older adults, women, racial minorities, and within Stroke Belt states. Using the nationally-representative 2005 Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System, we examined self-reported use of 11 stroke secondary prevention services queried in the survey. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the association between service use and age, sex, race, and Stroke Belt state residence, controlling for other socio-demographic and health care access characteristics. Among 11,862 adults with a history of stroke, 16% were 80 or older, 54% were women, 13% were non-Hispanic black, and 23% lived within a Stroke Belt state. Overall service use varied: 31% reported post-stroke outpatient rehabilitation, 57% regular exercise, 66% smoking cessation counseling, and 91% current use of anti-hypertensive medications. Age 80 or older was not associated with lower use of any of the 11 services. Women were less likely to report post-stroke outpatient rehabilitation and regular exercise when compared with men (P values ≤ 0.005); there were no sex-based differences in use of the 9 other services. Blacks were less likely to report pneumococcal vaccination when compared with whites, but were more likely to report post-stroke outpatient rehabilitation (P values ≤ 0.005); there were no race-based differences in use of the 9 other services. Stroke Belt state residence was not associated with lower use of any of the 11 services. Use of many stroke secondary prevention services was suboptimal. We did not find consistent age, sex, racial, or Stroke Belt state residence disparities in care. We examined the association between stroke secondary prevention service use and age, sex, race, and Stroke Belt state residence using nationally-representative data. Although use of many stroke secondary prevention services was suboptimal, we did not find consistent age, sex, racial, or Stroke Belt state residence disparities in care.
