Survey Stroke Units in Argentina

Hospital de Rehabilitacion Manuel Rocca400 enrolled

Overview

Introduction Patients who receive care from stroke units are more likely to survive their stroke, become independent, and return home. Decision-making to decide the location of discharge is influenced more by non-clinical factors than clinical ones. Objective To analyze the factors that are considered for discharge and how stroke patients are measured in stroke units in Argentina by the physicians who make the decisions. Materials and methods An observational, analytical, cross-sectional survey-type study will be carried out. The recommendations given by the Checklist for Reporting of Survey Studies will be used. It will be intended for all those physicians in Argentina who work in stroke units and discharge.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Surveys and Questionnaires Evaluation of Processes and Results Healthcare Evidence-based Clinical Practice Health Care System Stroke Patient Discharge

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * All physicians who in stroke units of Argentina and are in charge of the referral process for hospitalized patients will be included. Exclusion Criteria: * All surveys with missing data will be excluded

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Referral location

It will be qualified as a polytomous qualitative variable (Rehabilitation center/Day hospital/Home/Outpatient clinic/Other)

Time frame: 3 months