Prevalence of stroke and stroke-related disability in North Trøndelag county, Norway
Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Erik Bauzt-Holter, Jostein Holmen
Bok Engelsk 1997
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| Opplysninger | Abstract: The purpose of this study was to measure the period prevalence of stroke in a community-based sample of Norwegians; to compare this to prevalences reported by others; and to assess the magnitude of diasbility associatedwith stroke. The North Trøndelag Health Survey comprised 74,977 persons. Self-reported previous stroke was 18.5 per 1,000, and the prevalence standardized to the age and sex distribution of the European population was 9.6 per 1,000. The crude prevalences reported in the litterature vary from 8.0 to 38.6 per 1,000, and the standardized prevalences from 4.5 to 11.3 per 1,000. Among the stroke patients, 87% regarded themselves as having some impaired functioning, 84% had no work (not even housework), and 24% were full-time residents in an institution. In all age groups, the stroke patients stated to be significantly more disabeld, significantly less vocationally active, and significantly more often permanently institionalized than respondents without stroke.
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