Sex Differences in Care Need and Survival in Patients Admitted to Nursing Home Poststroke.

CONCLUSIONS: Despite lower subsequent mortality, women admitted to nursing home after stroke required more care than men. Pain and depression are two treatable symptoms that disproportionately affect women.
PMID: 31987059 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences - January 27, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Yu AYX, Maclagan LC, Diong C, Austin PC, Kapral MK, Swartz RH, Bronskill SE Tags: Can J Neurol Sci Source Type: research