Arrival time at a referral hospital and functional disability of people with stroke: a cohort study.

Background: Stroke is a major cause of death and functional disability worldwide. Knowledge of the associated factors is essential for defining education, management, and healthcare strategies.

Objective: To analyze the association between arrival time at a neurology referral hospital (ATRH) and functional disability in patients with ischemic stroke 90 days after the event.

Ischemic stroke mortality and time for hospital arrival: analysis of the first 90 days.

Objective: To analyze the association between time of arrival at a reference hospital and mortality of people with ischemic stroke.

Method: Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Modifying and confounding variables between time of arrival and mortality were observed in the multivariate analysis.