Long-term outcome after stroke: survival, stroke recurrence, functional ability and costs.

Funded Activity Summary

Stroke is the third most common cause of death in Australia, and is more common in the older age groups. Because the population most at risk of developing stroke is growing faster than the rest of the population, it is likely that there will be a large increase in the number of strokes occurring in coming years. At 1 year after stroke about one-third of patients have died, a third remain severely disabled and a third recover with minimal disability. In Australia, there is no information on outcome beyond 5 years. It is thought that at 10 years after stroke about 70% of patients will have died, and a further 5-10% will have had another nonfatal stroke. The aim of this study is to assess the long-term outcome of patients with stroke. These will include measures of survival, stroke recurrence, and ability to perform usual daily activities. The use of health care and community resources and the associated costs of this will also be assessed. Information on survival patterns, stroke recurrence, disability and costs will be of great value for health service planning. Such information will also be useful to patients, their families, and medical staff who treat these patients.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2004

End Date: 01-01-2008

Funding Scheme: NHMRC Project Grants

Funding Amount: $649,971.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Epidemiology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

Cerebral infarction | Cohort studies | Cost of stroke | Functional Independence | Intracerebral haemorrhage | Public health costs | Quality of life | Stroke | Stroke outcome | Survival

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