[Morbidity Compression in Stroke: Longitudinal Analyses on Changes in the Incidence of Stroke]. / Morbiditätskompression bei Schlaganfall? Langzeitanalysen zur Veränderung des Auftretens von Schlaganfall.
Gesundheitswesen
; 81(4): 351-360, 2019 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-28586940
ABSTRACT
According to Fries, morbidity compression occurs if age at onset of disease/disability and age at death increase. Morbidity compression is also present if disease/disability rates decrease to the same or to a larger extent than standardized death rates. In all cases, healthy lifetime is gained. Not many studies on morbidity compression are available, and only a small number of them refer to specific diseases. Stroke is used as an example for examining whether morbidity compression has occurred over an observation period of 9 years. METHODS:
The study was based on pseudonymized data of a statutory health insurance covering 2006-2014 with 2 million insured per year. Analyses were performed for all types of stroke, separately for cerebral infarction, and for hemorrhages (ICD 10 I60-I62). Calculations were performed by means of survival analyses and with multiple regression.RESULTS:
In women and in men, rates decreased only for hemorrhagic strokes, while changes of onset age were difficult to interpret. Standardized death rates dropped only in males.CONCLUSIONS:
Evidence in favor of morbidity compression was found only for decreasing rates of hemorrhagic strokes. It has, however, to be kept in mind that the findings refer to a single disease occurring relatively late in the life course. Comprehensive assessments of morbidity compression are only possible taking into consideration a broader spectrum of diseases.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pessoas com Deficiência
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Acidente Vascular Cerebral
Tipo de estudo:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
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De
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article