What is it about?
Our study indicates that even though the achievement of reaching treatment goals improved over time, there is still a need to be observant regarding secondary prevention up to 10 years after stroke. This may especially apply to elderly, women and people living in nursing homes. Studies are needed to evaluate the value of using evidence-based methods in accordance with established guidelines to improve secondary prevention.
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Why is it important?
The strengths of our study include the population-based design with both urban and rural participants, no survivors lost to the follow- up at 10 years, and also the methodology using a combination of communication with the participants and objective measurements of risk factors. These methods have contributed to a clear picture of the importance not only to focus on the acute phase but also to follow up the patients in a long-term perspective after stroke.
Perspectives
After following up the participants at four months as well as sixteen months after stroke, it was an interesting experience to find all the survivors after ten years being very interested in participating in a follow-up study again after several years.
Ann-Cathrin Jonsson
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This page is a summary of: Secondary prevention and lifestyle indices after stroke in a long-term perspective, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, April 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12944.
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