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Long‐term cost of spouses’ informal support for dependent midlife stroke survivors

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Title
Long‐term cost of spouses’ informal support for dependent midlife stroke survivors
Published in
Brain and Behavior, May 2017
DOI 10.1002/brb3.716
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Josefine Persson, Lars‐Åke Levin, Lukas Holmegaard, Petra Redfors, Mikael Svensson, Katarina Jood, Christina Jern, Christian Blomstrand, Gunilla Forsberg‐Wärleby

Abstract

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. 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 informal support. Cohabitant dyads of 221 stroke survivors aged <70 at stroke onset were included in the study. Spouses of independent stroke survivors (n = 188) provided on average 0.15 hr/day of practical support and 0.48 hr/day of being available. Corresponding figures for spouses of dependent stroke survivors (n = 33) were 5.00 regarding practical support and 9.51 regarding being available. The mean annual cost of informal support provided for independent stroke survivors was estimated at €991 and €25,127 for dependent stroke survivor. The opportunity cost of informal support provided to dependent midlife stroke survivors is of a major magnitude many years after stroke onset and should be considered in economic evaluations of health care.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 23%
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 17%
Student > Master 3 10%
Lecturer 2 7%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 4 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 17%
Social Sciences 4 13%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 10%
Psychology 3 10%
Other 5 17%
Unknown 4 13%
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