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Reassessing the Stroke Belt: Using Small Area Spatial Statistics to Identify Clusters of High Stroke Mortality in the United States Brief Reports
Conclusions— Clusters of high stroke mortality exist beyond the 8-state stroke belt, and variation exists within the stroke belt. Reconsideration of the stroke belt definition and increased attention to local determinants of health underlying small area regional variability could inform targeted healthcare interventions.
Source: Stroke - June 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Karp, D. N., Wolff, C. S., Wiebe, D. J., Branas, C. C., Carr, B. G., Mullen, M. T. Tags: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Mortality/Survival, Quality and Outcomes, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research

Factors Predicting High Estimated 10-Year Stroke Risk: Thai Epidemiologic Stroke Study
Conclusions: Socioeconomic status, in particular, unemployed/house work and illiterate class, might be good proxy to identify the individuals at higher risk of stroke. The most powerful risk factors were older age, male sex, diabetes mellitus, systolic blood pressure, and current smoking.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Suchat Hanchaiphiboolkul, Pimchanok Puthkhao, Somchai Towanabut, Tasanee Tantirittisak, Khwanrat Wangphonphatthanasiri, Thanes Termglinchan, Samart Nidhinandana, Nijasri Charnnarong Suwanwela, Niphon Poungvarin Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

The Influence of Neighborhood Unemployment on Mortality after Stroke
Conclusions: The impact of SES-NH on mortality was different for stroke patients and the general population. Differences in the association between SES-NH and mortality may be partly explained by disease-related characteristics of the stroke cohort such as homogeneous lifestyles, similar morbidity profiles, medical factors, and old age.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - March 3, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Michael Unrath, Jürgen Wellmann, Claudia Diederichs, Lisa Binse, Marianne Kalic, Peter Ulrich Heuschmann, Klaus Berger Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

Impact of living and socioeconomic characteristics on cardiovascular risk in ischemic stroke patients
ConclusionVascular risk in stroke patients in low‐ and middle‐income countries varies not only with the number of arterial beds involved but also with socioeconomic variables.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - June 13, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Pierre Amarenco, Halim Abboud, Julien Labreuche, Antonio Arauz, Alan Bryer, Pablo M. Lavados, Ayrton Massaro, Mario Munoz Collazos, Philippe Gabriel Steg, Bassem I. Yamout, Eric Vicaut, Tags: Research Source Type: research

Specificities of Ischemic Stroke Risk Factors in Arab-Speaking Countries
Background: Stroke is largely preventable, and therefore, a better understanding of risk factors is an essential step in reducing the population stroke rate and resulting disease burden in Arab countries.Summary: We performed 2 separate analyses in 2 similar populations of patients with noncardioembolic ischemic stroke. This first involved 3,635 patients in the Outcomes in Patients with TIA and Cerebrovascular disease (OPTIC) registry (followed for 2 years), with baseline collection of the usual risk factors and 5 socioeconomic variables (unemployment status, residence in rural area, living in fully serviced accommodation,...
Source: Cerebrovascular Diseases - February 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Effect of socioeconomic level on knowledge of stroke in the general population: A social inequality gradient
Conclusions Educational level, income, employment status, and state of health are independent factors for adequate knowledge of stroke. Public awareness campaigns should present material using simple language and efforts should be directed towards the most disadvantaged social strata in particular.
Source: Neurologia - December 2, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The reasons for not returning to work and health-related quality of life among young and middle-aged patients with stroke: A cross-sectional study
ConclusionsMore than half did not RTW within 1 year in our study. The results will help inform future research to identify interventions to promote RTW and improve HRQoL for young and middle-aged patients with stroke.
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - February 23, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

Unemployment, government healthcare spending, and cerebrovascular mortality, worldwide 1981–2009: an ecological study
ConclusionsRises in unemployment and reductions in government healthcare expenditure are associated with significant increases in cerebrovascular mortality globally. Clinicians may also need to consider unemployment as a possible risk factor for cerebrovascular disease mortality.
Source: International Journal of Stroke - January 15, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Mahiben Maruthappu, Joseph Shalhoub, Zoon Tariq, Callum Williams, Rifat Atun, Alun H. Davies, Thomas Zeltner Tags: Research Source Type: research

Long-term outcome after cerebral venous thrombosis: analysis of functional and vocational outcome, residual symptoms, and adverse events in 161 patients
Abstract Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) affects mainly working-aged individuals. Functional recovery after CVT is generally considered good with about 3/4 of patients achieving short-term independence. However, vascular events, long-term functional outcome, and employment after CVT remain poorly investigated. We identified consecutive adult CVT patients treated at the Helsinki University Hospital (1987–2013) and invited them to a follow-up visit. Each clinical examination was combined with interview. We also recorded recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) and hemorrhagic events during follow-up and antithrombo...
Source: Journal of Neurology - January 2, 2016 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

The Young Male Syndrome —An Analysis of Sex, Age, Risk Taking and Mortality in Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injuries
Conclusion The willingness of young males to engage in dangerous situations might be adaptive in terms of fitness maximization. Nonetheless, for some individuals this intense sexual competition can be detrimental to health. The correspondence between the age distribution of the reproductively most active population and those suffering sTBI only partially supports the evolutionary hypothesis about risk-taking behavior. The prevalence of higher external mortality rates of young males, on the other hand, was not present in our data at all, nor did we find any support for the assumption that sTBI acquired from riskier behavio...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 11, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research