Temporal Trends and Patient Characteristics Associated With Drug Utilisation After First-Ever Stroke: Insights From Chronic Disease Registry Data in Singapore
| Autor: | Raymond Cs Seet, Wai-Ping Yau, Matthias Paul Hs Toh, Lai Yin Wong, See Hwee Yeo, Sze Haur Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Statin Adolescent medicine.drug_class Atorvastatin 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Cohort Studies Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fibrinolytic Agents Internal medicine Humans Medicine Registries cardiovascular diseases Medical prescription Stroke Aged Ischemic Stroke Aged 80 and over Singapore business.industry Atrial fibrillation General Medicine Guideline Middle Aged Clopidogrel medicine.disease Drug Utilization Patient Discharge Hospitalization Hemorrhagic Stroke Female Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Cohort study medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore. 49:137-154 |
| ISSN: | 0304-4602 |
| DOI: | 10.47102/annals-acadmedsg.2019196 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Data on drug utilisation among stroke patients of Asian ethnicities are lacking. The objectives of the study were to examine the temporal trends and patient characteristics associated with prescription of thrombolytic, antithrombotic and statin medications among patients with first-ever stroke. Materials and Methods: First-ever ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients admitted to 2 Singapore tertiary hospitals between 2010‒2014 were included. Data were extracted from the National Healthcare Group Chronic Disease Management System. Association between drug utilisation and admission year, as well as characteristics associated with drug use, were explored using multivariable logistic regression. Results: There was an increasing trend in the combined use of all 3 guideline medications in ischaemic stroke patients (P |
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