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An Investigation Of Post-Discharge Status Of Surviving Stroke Patients In Keelung, Choon-Khim Chang, Wen-Ling Chen, May-Kuen Wong

Rehabilitation Practice and Science

From April 1985, to December 1987, 1445 patients were admitted to Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung under the diagnosis of cerebral vascular accident ( hemorrhagic or infarction type). By random selection, 343 patients were analyzed by the SPSS. Of these 343 patients, 185 had died by the time this study was carried out. Thus the data available for analysis was incomplete for this deceased group. Only the data of those who survivied was analyzed in the results. The average duration of follow-up was 50.2±8.9 months (36-67 months). Among the survivors (n=158), 57% (n=90) received regular medication treatment, yet only 63% …