Incidence and Profile of Inpatient Stroke-Induced Aphasia in Ontario, Canada

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• 作者：Laura Dickey ; BA^a ; ^{laura.dickey@utoronto.ca" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Aura Kagan ; PhD^a ; M. Patrice Lindsay ; PhD^b ; ^c ; Jiming Fang ; PhD^c ; Alexandra Rowland ; MSc^a ; Sandra Black ; MD ; FRCP(C)^d
• 关键词：Aphasia ; Health services ; Incidence ; Rehabilitation ; Stroke
• 刊名：Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：February 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：91
• 期：2
• 页码：196-202
• 全文大小：330 K

文摘

Dickey L, Kagan A, Lindsay MP, Fang J, Rowland A, Black S. Incidence and profile of inpatient stroke-induced aphasia in Ontario, Canada.

Objectives

mple-para0110">To determine the incidence rate of inpatient stroke-induced aphasia in Ontario, Canada, and to examine the demographic and clinical characteristics for stroke patients with and without aphasia.

Design

mple-para0115">Age- and sex-specific incidence rates for aphasia in Ontario were calculated using the Ontario Stroke Audit. In addition, data collected from the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (RCSN) were used to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics for stroke patients with and without aphasia.

Setting

mple-para0120">All hospitals and regional stroke centers in Ontario, Canada.

Participants

mple-para0125">The Ontario Stroke Audit is a representative weighted sample of more than 3000 stroke inpatients admitted to emergency departments in all hospitals in Ontario within the 2004/2005 fiscal year. RCSN data included a cohort of more than 15,000 consecutive patients presenting with stroke at 12 regional stroke centers in Ontario from 2003 to 2007.

Interventions

mple-para0130">Not applicable.

Main Outcome Measures

mple-para0135">Presence of aphasic symptoms on admission to hospital and at discharge, age and sex, stroke type and severity, severity of disability, services received in hospital, length of stay, and discharge destination.

Results

mple-para0140">Thirty-five percent (1131/3207) of adult patients admitted with a diagnosis of stroke in the province of Ontario during the 2004 to 2005 Ontario Stroke Audit had symptoms of aphasia at the time of discharge. This amounts to an incidence rate of 60 per 100,000 persons per year. Risk of aphasia increased significantly with age. In comparison with nonaphasic stroke patients, patients with aphasia were older, presented with more severe strokes on admission, had more severe disability, and were more frequently discharged to long-term care and/or rehabilitation (unadjusted results). Adjusting for stroke severity, age, sex, comorbidity, and stroke subtype, the presence of aphasia was found to be an independent predictor of longer hospital stays, increased use of rehabilitation services, and higher rates of thrombolytic therapy.

Conclusions

mple-para0145">A significant number of people with stroke experience aphasia, with advancing age associated with a higher risk. The profile and patterns for stroke patients with aphasia differed significantly from those who did not experience aphasia as a residual disability after stroke, particularly in relation to service usage. Given the personal and system cost associated with aphasia, best practices in the area of stroke should include recommendations on how to best serve this population throughout the clinical pathway.