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Factors associated with mental health service access among Australian community-dwelling survivors of stroke
CONCLUSIONS: Many stroke survivors have untreated depression/anxiety. Primary care practitioners should be supported in undertaking effective detection and management. Older and newly diagnosed individuals should be educated about depression/anxiety and available supports.Implications for rehabilitationPrimary care providers play a pivotal role in the pathway to mental health care, and therefore should always screen for depression/anxiety and provide comprehensive assessment and referral to specialist services where necessary.Targeted psychoeducation should be provided to survivors of stroke who are older and newly diagnos...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 9, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Priscilla Tjokrowijoto Renerus J Stolwyk David Ung Monique F Kilkenny Joosup Kim Lachlan L Dalli Dominique A Cadilhac Nadine E Andrew Source Type: research
Optimal measures for primary care physician encounters after stroke and association with survival: a data linkage study
Conclusions: Our persistence measure of regularity or composite measure may be useful when measuring physician encounters following stroke.
Source: Neuroepidemiology - December 22, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research
Treatment with Multiple Therapeutic Classes of Medication is Associated with Survival after Stroke
Conclusion: Treatment with all three classes of guideline-recommended medications within 90 days post-discharge was associated with better survival. Ongoing efforts are required to ensure optimal pharmacological intervention for secondary prevention of stroke.
Source: Neuroepidemiology - November 10, 2021 Category: Epidemiology Source Type: research
Linking Australian Stroke Clinical Registry data with Australian government Medicare and medication dispensing claims data and the potential for bias
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2021 Apr 5. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.13079. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTOBJECTIVE: We aim to report the accuracy of linking data from a non-government-held clinical quality registry to national claims data and identify associated sources of systematic bias.METHODS: Patients with stroke or transient ischaemic attack admitted to hospitals participating in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR) were linked with Medicare and medication dispensings through the Australian Medicare enrolment file (MEF). The proportion of registrants in the datasets was calculated and factors associated with a no...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - April 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nadine E Andrew Dominique A Cadilhac Vijaya Sundararajan Amanda G Thrift Phil Anderson Natasha A Lannin Monique F Kilkenny Source Type: research
