Long-term outcome after stroke: survival, stroke recurrence, functional ability and costs.

中风是澳大利亚第三大最常见的死亡原因，在老年人中更常见。由于中风风险最高的人群比其他人群增长得更快，未来几年中风的数量可能会大幅增加。在中风后1年，大约三分之一的患者死亡，三分之一的患者仍然严重残疾，三分之一的患者以轻微残疾恢复。在澳大利亚，没有关于5年后结局的信息。据认为，中风后10年，约70%的患者将死亡，另有5-10%的患者将再次发生非致命性中风。本研究的目的是评估中风患者的长期预后。这些将包括生存率、卒中复发和进行日常活动的能力的测量。还将评估医疗保健和社区资源的使用情况以及相关费用。关于生存模式、中风复发、残疾和费用的信息对卫生服务规划具有重要价值。这些信息对患者、其家属和治疗这些患者的医务人员也很有用。

Stroke is the third most common cause of death in Australia, and is more common in the older age groups. Because the population most at risk of developing stroke is growing faster than the rest of the population, it is likely that there will be a large increase in the number of strokes occurring in coming years. At 1 year after stroke about one-third of patients have died, a third remain severely disabled and a third recover with minimal disability. In Australia, there is no information on outcome beyond 5 years. It is thought that at 10 years after stroke about 70% of patients will have died, and a further 5-10% will have had another nonfatal stroke. The aim of this study is to assess the long-term outcome of patients with stroke. These will include measures of survival, stroke recurrence, and ability to perform usual daily activities. The use of health care and community resources and the associated costs of this will also be assessed. Information on survival patterns, stroke recurrence, disability and costs will be of great value for health service planning. Such information will also be useful to patients, their families, and medical staff who treat these patients.