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Industry News Studies Seniors Report False Stroke History
Industry News Studies Seniors Report False Stroke History
| Seniors Report False Stroke History |
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| Tuesday, 11 August 2009 21:10 |
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A study of more than 700 Medicare patients found that seniors may frequently misstate their personal history of stroke. Comparing word-of-mouth answers to the results of MRI scans, researchers found a 20 percent discrepancy in reported versus actual stroke occurrence. While MRI scans found evidence of stroke in 31 percent of the study’s participants, fewer than 12 percent reported a history of stroke in a supplied questionnaire. The study appeared in the Archives of Neurology. |