Christine E Mc Carthy, Salim Yusuf, Conor Judge, John Ferguson, Graeme J Hankey, Shahram Oveis Gharan, Albertino Damasceno, Helle Klingenberg Iversen, Annika Rosengren, Okechukwu Ogah, Luísa Avezum, Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo, Denis Xavier, Xingyu Wang, Sumathy Rangarajan, Martin J O'Donnell
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Whilst sleep disturbances are associated with stroke, their association with stroke severity is less certain. In the INTERSTROKE study, the association of pre-morbid sleep disturbance with stroke severity and functional outcome following stroke was evaluated. METHODS: INTERSTROKE is an international case-control study of first acute stroke. This analysis included cases who completed a standardized questionnaire concerning nine symptoms of sleep disturbance (sleep onset latency, duration, quality, nocturnal awakening, napping duration, whether a nap was planned, snoring, snorting and breathing cessation) in the month prior to stroke (n = 2361)...
March 26, 2024: European Journal of Neurology