Influence of cognitive impairment on the institutionalisation rate 3 years after a stroke
- 1Department of Neurology (Stroke and Memory Units), Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
- 2Department of Neurological Rehabilitation, Lille University Hospital
- 3Vth Chair of Neurological Sciences, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
- Correspondence to: D Leys Department of Neurology (Stroke Department), University of Lille, Roger Salengro Hospital, Lille F-59037, France; dleys{at}chru-lille.fr
- Received 17 July 2006
- Accepted 26 August 2006
- Revised 22 August 2006
- Published Online First 4 September 2006
Abstract
Background and purpose: Pre-existing cognitive decline and new-onset dementia are common in patients with stroke, but their influence on institutionalisation rates is unknown.
Objective: To evaluate the influence of cognitive impairment on the institutionalisation rate 3 years after a stroke.
Design: (1) The previous cognitive state of 192 consecutive patients with stroke living at home before the stroke (with the Informant Questionnaire on COgnitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE)), (2) new-onset dementia occurring within 3 years and (3) institutionalisation rates within 3 years in the 165 patients who were discharged alive after the acute stage were prospectively evaluated.
Results: Independent predictors of institutionalisation over a 3-year period that were available at admission were age (adjusted odds ratio (adjOR) for 1-year increase = 1.08; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03 to 1.15), severity of the neurological deficit (adjOR for 1-point increase in Orgogozo score = 0.97; 95% CI 0.96 to 0.99) and severity of cognitive impairment (adjOR for 1-point increase in IQCODE score = 1.03; 95% CI 1 to 1.06). Factors associated with institutionalisation at 3 years that were present at admission or occurred during the follow-up were age (adjOR for 1-year increase = 1.17; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.27) and any (pre-existing or new) dementia (adjOR = 5.85; 95% CI 1.59 to 21.59), but not the severity of the deficit of the neurological deficit.
Conclusion: Age and cognitive impairment are more important predictors of institutionalisation 3 years after a stroke than the severity of the physical disability.
- adjOR, adjusted odds ratio
- IQCODE, Informant Questionnaire on COgnitive Decline in the Elderly
- mRS, modified Rankin Scale
- PSD, post-stroke dementia
Footnotes
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Published Online First 4 September 2006
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Fundings: This study was supported by the CH&U de Lille (grant 9306), and a grant from the French Ministry of Education, Research and Technology (Research group on Cognition in Degenerative and Vascular Disorders, EA2691).
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Competing interests: D L is the associate editor of the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, but he did not interfere at any stage of the review process.
