A Questionnaire Study of Stroke Patients Discharged from the Utsunomiya Byoin National Sanatorium

• Published in: Japanese Journal of National Medical Services Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 34 - 38
• Main Authors: TOYAMA, Ariyoshi, MIYAJI, Naotsune
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society of National Medical Services 1988; 一般社団法人 国立医療学会
• Subjects: 死亡群; 生存群; 脳卒中; 退院患者
• ISSN: 0021-1699; 1884-8729
• DOI: 10.11261/iryo1946.42.34

Questionnaries were sent to 219 subjects who had been discharged from the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine during 1976-1981. There were 136 responders. Sixty-three subjects (46%) died, 73 were alive. Among these 73, 54 were with their families, 12 were in hospitals, 2 in nursing homes, and 5 were living alone. Seventy-six per cent of the subjects were under medical care including 8 bedridden subjects. Among the deceased, the cause was cerebral infarction in the majority of the cases. As to complications and symptoms, there was not much difference between the alive group and the deceased. Sufficient medical care would be necessary to the deceased group. We analyzed the time interval from discharge to death, and it was within 4 years in 68.2% of the cases, and within 6 years in 80%. Therefore, we should expand follow-up care for at least 4 years, hopefully, for 6 years.