Sex Disparities in Ischemic Stroke Care FL-PR CReSD Study (Florida–Puerto Rico Collaboration to Reduce Stroke Disparities)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Keywords
stroke, Get With The Guidelines, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, sex characteristics
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.116.013059
Abstract
Background and Purpose: Sex-specific disparities in stroke care including thrombolytic therapy and early hospital admission are reported. In a large registry of Florida and Puerto Rico hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines—Stroke program, we sought to determine sex-specific differences in ischemic stroke performance metrics and overall thrombolytic treatment.
Methods: Around 51 317 (49% women) patients were included from 73 sites from 2010 to 2014. Multivariable logistic regression with generalized estimating equations evaluated sex-specific differences in the prespecified Get With The Guidelines—Stroke metrics for defect-free care in ischemic stroke, adjusting for age, race-ethnicity, insurance status, hospital characteristics, individual risk factors, and the presenting stroke severity.
Results: As compared with men, women were older (73±15 versus 69±14 years; P
Conclusions: Women received comparable stroke care to men in this registry as measured by prespecified Get With The Guidelines metrics. However, women less likely received thrombolysis and had door-to-needle time <1 >hour, an observation that calls for the implementation of interventions to reduce sex disparity in these measures.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Stroke, v. 46, issue 10, p. 2618-2626
Scholar Commons Citation
Asdaghi, Negar; Romano, Jose G.; Wang, Kefeng; Ciliberti-Vargas, Maria A.; Koch, Sebastian; Gardener, Hannah; Dong, Chuanhui; Rose, David Z.; Waddy, Salina P.; Robichaux, Mary; Garcia, Enid J.; Gonzalez-Sanchez, Juan A.; Burgin, W. Scott; Sacco, Ralph L.; and Rundek, Tatjana, "Sex Disparities in Ischemic Stroke Care FL-PR CReSD Study (Florida–Puerto Rico Collaboration to Reduce Stroke Disparities)" (2016). Neurology Faculty Publications. 101.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/neur_facpub/101
