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Educational levels and the functional dependence of ischemic stroke survivors
Fernandes,Tiótrefis G.; Goulart,Alessandra C.; Santos-Junior,Waldyr R.; Alencar,Airlane P.; Benseñor,Isabela M.; Lotufo,Paulo A.We evaluated the functional dependence of stroke survivors from the Study of Stroke Mortality and Morbidity, using the Rankin Scale. Out of 355 ischemic stroke survivors (with a mean age of 67.9 years), 40% had some functional dependence at 28 days and 34.4% had some functional dependence at 6 months. Most predictors of physical dependence were identified at 28 days. These predictors were: low levels of educati...
Date: 2012
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