Long-term cost of spouses' informal support for dependent midlife stroke survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Stroke is a major global disease that requires extensive care and support from society and relatives. The aim of this study was to identify and quantify the long-term informal support and to estimate the annual cost of informal support provided by spouses to their stroke surviving partner.

Method

Data were based on the 7-year follow-up of the Sahlgrenska Academy Study on Ischemic Stroke. One-third of the spouses stated that they provided support to their stroke surviving partner. The magnitude of the support was assessed with a study-specific time-diary and was estimated for independent and dependent stroke survivors based on the scores of the modified Rankin Scale. To deal with skewed data, a two-part econometric model was used to estimate the annual cost of info

SUBMITTER: Persson J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5474719 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature