Observational studyJournal of the American Heart Association2016
Marital History and Survival After Stroke.
Observational study in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 19 papers.
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- Repeated Measures of Modified Rankin Scale Scores to Assess Functional Recovery From Stroke: AFFINITY Study Findings.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022Trial
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- Right hemisphere stroke is linked to reduced social connectedness in the UK Biobank cohort.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Correlation between marital status and the prognosis of older patients with cerebrovascular disease in intensive care units: A retrospective cohort study.Health science reports · 2024Article
- Sex Differences in the Role of Multimorbidity on Poststroke Disability: The Taiwan Stroke Registry.Neurology · 2024Article
- Association of Statin Use With Risk of Stroke Recurrence After Intracerebral Hemorrhage.Neurology · 2023Article
- Trends in Unhealthy Lifestyle Factors among Adults with Stroke in the United States between 1999 and 2018.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Does the suddenness matter? Antidepressant use before and after a spouse dies suddenly or expectedly of stroke.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Article
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- Emotion recognition impairments and social well-being following right-hemisphere stroke.Neuropsychological rehabilitation · 2022Article
- The Widowhood Effect on Mortality in Older Patients with Hip Fracture.International journal of general medicine · 2022Article
- Burden of informal care in stroke survivors and its determinants: a prospective observational study in an Asian setting.BMC public health · 2021Observational
- Perceived Versus Actual Risks of 30-Day Readmission in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease.Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes · 2021Article
- Predictors of 30-day and 90-day mortality among hemorrhagic and ischemic stroke patients in urban Uganda: a prospective hospital-based cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
- Parents survive longer after stroke than childless individuals: a prospective cohort study of Swedes over the age of 65.European journal of public health · 2019Article
- Effect of marital status on survival in glioblastoma multiforme by demographics, education, economic factors, and insurance status.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Association between marriage and outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke.Journal of neurology · 2018Article
- Prehospital Factors Associated with Delayed Hospital Arrival of Stroke Patients: A Regional Single-Center Study from India.Annals of Indian Academy of NeurologyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundStroke is among the leading causes of disability and death in the United States, and nearly 7 million adults are currently alive after experiencing a stroke. Although the risks associated with having a stroke are well established, we know surprisingly little about how marital status influences survival in adults with this condition. This study is the first prospective investigation of how marital history is related to survival after stroke in the United States. METHODS AND
resultsData from a nationally representative sample of older adults who experienced a stroke (n=2351) were used to examine whether and to what extent current marital status and past marital losses were associated with risks of dying after the onset of disease. Results showed that the risks of dying following a stroke were significantly higher among the never married (hazard ratio [HR], 1.71; 95% CI, 1.31–2.24), remarried (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.06–1.44), divorced (HR, 1.23; 95% CI, 1.01–1.49), and widowed (HR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.10–1.43) relative to those who remained continuously married. We also found that having multiple marital losses was especially detrimental to survival-regardless of current marital status and accounting for multiple socioeconomic, psychosocial, behavioral, and physiological risk factors.
conclusionsMarital history is significantly associated with survival after stroke. Additional studies are needed to further examine the mechanisms contributing to the associations and to better understand how this information can be used to personalize care and aggressively treat vulnerable segments of the population.
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