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JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY NEUROSURGERY AND PSYCHIATRY
Volume 90, Issue 4, Pages 436-443Publisher
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-319134
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- Chest, Heart Stroke Scotland [Res14/A157]
- NHS Research Scotland
- Wellcome Trust [WT088134/Z/09/A]
- Row Fogo Charitable Trust
- European Union [PHC-03-15, 666881]
- Fondation Leducq Transatlantic Network of Excellence for the Study of Perivascular Spaces in Small Vessel Disease [16 CVD 05]
- Medical Research Council through the UK Dementia Research Institute
- Scottish Funding Council through the Scottish Imaging Network, A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE) Initiative
- MRC [UKDRI-4002, G0700704, MR/J006971/1, MR/L023784/2] Funding Source: UKRI
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Objective Many studies examining stroke outcomes focus on more severe strokes or have short follow-up periods, so the long-term outcomes post-minor ischaemic stroke are unclear. Methods We recruited participants from inpatient and outpatient services with a lacunar or minor cortical ischaemic stroke (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score <8) and assessed current and premorbid cognitive functioning (Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R), National Adult Reading Test (NART)), physical functioning (Timed Get Up and Go (TUG), 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT)), dependency (modified Rankin Scale (mRS)), depression (Beck's Depression Inventory) in-person and remotely (Stroke Impact Scale). Results We followed up 224/264 participants at 3 years (mean age at index stroke=67, 126 (56%) men, 25 non-contactable, 15 declined): 66/151 (44%) had cognitive impairment, mean ACE-R 88 (SD 9, range 54-100/100), 61/156 (39%) had depression and 26/223 (12%) were dependent (mRS=3-5). Cognitive impairment at 3 years affected all ACE-R subdomains and was associated with ACE-R 1 year (beta=1.054, p<0.001) and NART (beta=1.023, p<0.05). Poor physical function was associated with stroke severity (TUG, beta=1.064, p<0.01) and recurrent stroke (9HPT, beta=1.130, p<0.05 right, beta=1.214, p<0.05 left). Higher ACE-R scores were associated with faster TUG (beta=-0.279, p<0.05) and 9HPT (right beta=-0.257, p<0.05; left beta=-0.302, p=0.05) and inversely with dependency (mRS=3-5, OR 0.88, 95% CI 0.80 to 0.97). We adjusted analyses for demographic, stroke and known risk factors. In-person and remote assessments were highly correlated. Conclusions Cognitive, physical impairments and depression are common and interrelated 3 years after minor stroke. Cognitive and physical impairments require rehabilitation after minor stroke and argue for better integration of stroke and dementia services.
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