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# The Burden of Stroke in Europe Report

King’s College London for the Stroke Alliance for Europe

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- [Introduction](https://strokeeurope.eu/introduction/)
- [The Burden of Stroke Report](https://strokeeurope.eu/the-burden-of-stroke-report/)
- [Burden of Stroke report launched in EU parliament](https://strokeeurope.eu/burden-of-stroke-report-launched-in-eu-parliament/)
- [The Burden of Stroke Report now in Spanish and Italian language](https://strokeeurope.eu/the-burden-of-stroke-report-now-in-spanish-and-italian-language/)

## Pages

- [CONTACT](https://strokeeurope.eu/contact/) - The Burden of Stroke Report Contact: Stroke Alliance for Europe – SAFE, London
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- [DOWNLOAD](https://strokeeurope.eu/media/download/) - Stay informed on the latest events and issues related to The Burden of Stroke Report. Download press releases, related publications and other materials.
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- [PRESS RELEASES](https://strokeeurope.eu/media/press-releases/) - Stay informed on the latest events and issues related to The Burden of Stroke Report. Download press releases and other materials.
- [5.10 Recommendations - rehabilitation and longer-term support](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-10-recommendations-rehabilitation-and-longer-term-support/) - Recommendations: rehabilitation and support . Change in the provision of rehabilitation and long-term support for stroke survivors and families is nedeed.
- [5.9 Support from stroke support organisations](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-9-support-from-stroke-support-organisations/) - Stroke support organisations are usually voluntary sector organisations providing practical, emotional and advocacy support for stroke survivors and families.
- [5.8 Support from health insurers and health authorities](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-8-support-from-health-insurers-and-health-authorities/) - Support From Health Insurers And Health Authorities is rarely offered beyond, in some cases, loans for home adaptations and aids, and some financial benefits.
- [5.7	Practical and emotional support for stroke survivors & families](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-7practical-and-emotional-support-for-stroke-survivors-families/) - Practical and emotional support for stroke survivors and families is nedeed, since they may face a number of difficulties in life after stroke.
- [5.6 Rehabilitation after discharge from hospital](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-6-rehabilitation-after-discharge-from-hospital/) - Rehabilitation after discharge from hospital: in many countries, there is not enough multi-disciplinary therapy provision for stroke survivors in the community.
- [5.5	Follow up on rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-5follow-up-on-rehabilitation-needs-after-discharge-from-hospital/) - Follow up on rehabilitation needs after discharge from hospital in many cases is supported in guidelines but not consistently implemented all across the Europe.
- [5.4	Early supported discharge](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-4early-supported-discharge/) - Early supported discharge has not been well developed in most European countries, including in other high-income countries.
- [5.3	Early coordinated multidisciplinary rehabilitation](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-3early-coordinated-multidisciplinary-rehabilitation/) - Early coordinated multidisciplinary rehabilitation improves outcomes for stroke patients is meant to be standard practice across Europe.
- [5.2	Rehabilitation guidelines](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-2rehabilitation-guidelines/) - Rehabilitation guideline:European stroke care guidelines make recommendations for the elements of rehabilitation.
- [5.1 Data on rehabilitation and longer term care](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/5-1-data-on-rehabilitation-and-longer-term-care/) - Data on rehabilitation and longer term care are not available regularly in many countries, and usually they are based on consultation with health professionals.
- [5. Rehabilitation and long term support](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/rehabilitation-and-long-term-support/) - This section looks at what rehabilitation and long-term support is available for stroke survivors across Europe.
- [4.3	Recommendations - Acute stroke care](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/acute-stroke-care/4-3recommendations-acute-stroke-care/) - Structural changes to acute stroke care at national/local level and hospital network are needed to improve thrombolysis rates and to facilitate thrombectomy.
- [4.2	Thrombolysis](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/acute-stroke-care/4-2thrombolysis/) - Thrombolysis rates have increased significantly over the last decade. However, large variations exist between and within countries.
- [4.1	Stroke unit care](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/acute-stroke-care/4-1stroke-unit-care/) - Stroke units – which should provide coordinated, multidisciplinary care by personnel specialised in stroke care – save lives and improve outcomes.
- [4. Acute Stroke Care](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/acute-stroke-care/) - This section outlines the state of hospital care for stroke across Europe, including access to specialised stroke units and treatments.
- [3.4	Recommendations - Stroke as a medical emergency](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/3-4recommendations-stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/) - Recommendations: Continuous and sustained awareness raising campaigns across Europe are nedeed, to educate people to recognise stroke as a medical emergency.
- [3.3	Emergency care pathways](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/3-3emergency-care-pathways/) - Stroke specific training for ambulance, emergency services, and all involved medical staff is part of developing and implementing more efficient emergency care.
- [3.2 Professional education concerning stroke as an emergency](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/3-2-professional-education-concerning-stroke-as-an-emergency/) - Healthcare professionals not having specific stroke training can contribute to delays and therefore educational programmes for professionals are recommended.
- [3.1 Public knowledge of stroke as an emergency](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/3-1-public-knowledge-of-stroke-as-an-emergency/) - Public knowledge of stroke symptoms and awareness that stroke is a medical emergency and a treatable condition is poor, causing pre-hospital delays.
- [3. Stroke as a medical emergency](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-as-a-medical-emergency/) - Lack of public knowledge about stroke symptoms and that stroke is an emergency is an important cause of delays in people getting emergency stroke care.
- [2.5 Recommendations - Preventing stroke](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/2-5-recommendations-preventing-stroke/) - Stroke prevention recommendations: better and systematic public education is required to improve knowledge of the modifiable risk factors for stroke.
- [2.4 Transient ischaemic attack (TIA)](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/2-4-transient-ischaemic-attack-tia/) - TIA is known as a mini-stroke and defined as a focal neurological deficit lasting less than 24 hours caused by a focal, temporary cerebral ischaemia.
- [2.3 Atrial fibrillation](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/2-3-atrial-fibrillation/) - Atrial fibrillation (AF, an abnormal heart rhythm with rapid and irregular beating) is estimated to increase the risk of stroke 3 to 5-fold.
- [2.2 Hypertension](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/2-2-hypertension/) - Hypertension is the most important risk factor for stroke, but across Europe prevention strategies still are not working well enough to control hypertension.
- [2.1 Campaigns to encourage healthy lifestyles and risk factor awareness](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/2-1-campaigns-to-encourage-healthy-lifestyles-and-risk-factor-awareness/) - Most countries have undertaken regional or national educational campaigns aimed at raising awareness of stroke risk factors and healthy lifestyles.
- [2. Stroke Prevention in Europe](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/stroke-prevention-in-europe/) - Stroke is preventable, but public knowledge about the risk factors for stroke is low. We need action to prevent stroke and educate people on main risk factors.
- [1.9 Recommendations - The Burden of Stroke](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/1-9-recommendations-the-burden-of-stroke/) - Effective health care planning, adequate resource allocation, more public education campaigning, more research and usage of Europe stroke register is needed.
- [1.8 The financial and social burden of stroke](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/1-8-the-financial-and-social-burden-of-stroke/) - With increasing number of stroke survivors, economic impact of stroke will need more attention concerning effective health care planning resource allocation.
- [1.7 What do we predict about the future burden of stroke in Europe?](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/1-7-what-do-we-predict-about-the-future-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/) - Using GBD incidence rates, between 2015 and 2035, there will be 34% increase in total number of stroke events in the EU from 613,148 in 2015 to 819,771 in 2035.
- [1.6 The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/the-global-burden-of-disease-gbd-study/) - Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study is a global research programme for projecting age-specific estimates of incidence, prevalence, mortality, and DALYs lost.
- [1.5 Disability-adjusted Life Years Lost](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/disability-adjusted-life-years-lost/) - DALYs Lost is a combined measure of mortality (years of life lost) and morbidity (years lived with disability).
- [1.4 Prevalence – how many people are living with the consequences of stroke?](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/prevalence-how-many-people-are-living-with-the-consequences-of-stroke/) - Stroke prevalence rates describe the number of people in a society with potential rehabilitation and secondary prevention needs due to their stroke.
- [1.3 Case fatality – how many deaths are caused by stroke?](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/case-fatality-how-many-deaths-are-cuased-by-stroke/) - Case fatality, the mortality due to stroke within the first month, is an important measure of the severity of stroke and, importantly, acute care.
- [1.2 Incidence – how many people have a stroke?](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/incidance-how-many-people-have-a-stroke/) - There are major differences in stroke incidence rates across Europe. The estimated number of strokes and deaths due to stroke are larger in Eastern Europe.
- [1.1 What is being measured?](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/what-is-being-measured/) - The most common measures used are: incidence (number of new strokes), stroke mortality, prevalence (number of stroke survivors in population), and DALYs Lost.
- [1. The Burden of Stroke in Europe](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/the-burden-of-stroke-in-europe/) - This section outlines the number of strokes, deaths from stroke, and people living with stroke across Europe, including predictions on the burden of stroke.
- [SAFE Recommendations](https://strokeeurope.eu/recommendations/safe-recommendations/) - SAFE Recommendations: Decision-makers in Europe need to find better ways of fighting stroke and making life easier for stroke survivors and their families.
- [Data Comparison](https://strokeeurope.eu/data-comparison/) - Overview of stroke burden and care in each EU and SAFE member country. Compare online stroke burden and care between chosen two countries by selected criteria.
- [EXECUTIVE SUMMARY](https://strokeeurope.eu/executive-summary/) - The numbers of people having a stroke continues to rise, resulting in a growing burden of stroke on stroke survivors, families, societies, health care systems.
- [INDICATORS](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/indicators/) - 12 stroke care quality indicators were choosen and included in the study, referencing all parts of stroke care pathway, to enable comparisons across countries.
- [INTRODUCTION](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/introduction/) - The report is structured to reflect the stroke care pathway, focusing on the 12 stroke care quality indicators with recommendations given for policy makers.
- [FOREWORD](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/foreword/) - The Burden of Stroke in Europe research shows shocking disparities between countries along the entire stroke care pathway.
- [ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/acknowledgments/) - We acknowledges the support of national health services, stroke support org., study steering group, all contributors, sponsors, clinicians and researchers.
- [AUTHORS](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/authors/) - Research on burden of stroke in Europe was performed by King’s College London for Stroke Alliance for Europe (SAFE), simultaneously in 35 European countries.
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- [Comparison model results - (bottom content)](https://strokeeurope.eu/results-references/)
- [RECOMMENDATIONS](https://strokeeurope.eu/recommendations/)
- [Data Comparison Results](https://strokeeurope.eu/data-comparison/results/)
- [PRESS TOOL KIT](https://strokeeurope.eu/media/press-tool-kit/)
- [REPORT INFO](https://strokeeurope.eu/report-info/)
- [INDEX](https://strokeeurope.eu/index/)
- [MEDIA](https://strokeeurope.eu/media/)
- [SAFE](https://strokeeurope.eu/safe/)

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