Predictors of Discharge Destination After Stroke.

Background: Determining the discharge destination after acute stroke care is important to prevent long-term disabilities and improve cost efficiency.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate where stroke patients are discharged to after acute treatment and to identify personal, social, stroke-related, and clinical predictors of discharge destination.

Methods: The present study included a secondary exploratory analysis of a prospective observational study.

Implementability of collecting patient-reported outcome data in stroke unit care - a qualitative study.

Background: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) assess patient-relevant effects of medical treatments. We aimed to evaluate the implementation of the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement Standard Set for Stroke (ICHOM-SSS) into routine inpatient care of a stroke unit.

Methods: The ICHOM-SSS was administered in a certified stroke unit during and after inpatient care.

Psychometric properties of a patient-reported outcome set in acute stroke patients.

Objectives: Impairments after stroke may affect multiple domains of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have proven valuable in measuring patients' well-being. We examine the psychometric properties of a standard set of PROMs assessing global health, anxiety, and depression, and functioning in a German health care setting.

Outcome evaluation by patient reported outcome measures in stroke clinical practice (EPOS) protocol for a prospective observation and implementation study.

Introduction: The impact of stroke-related impairment on activities of daily living may vary between patients, and can only be estimated by applying patient-reported outcome measures. The International Consortium for Health Outcome Measurement has developed a standard set of instruments that combine clinical and longitudinal patient-reported outcome measures for stroke. The present study was designed (1) to implement and evaluate the feasibility of the use of it as a consistent outcome measure in clinical routine at the stroke center of a German university hospital, (2) to characterize impairment in everyday life caused by stroke, and (3) to identify predictive factors associated with patient-relevant outcomes.