Long-Term Psychological Distress Among Surrogate Decision Makers for Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Patients With Severe Stroke.

Lewis B Morgenstern Christopher J Becker Rebecca J Lank Carmen Ortiz Guanghao Zhang Kevin He Erin Case Darin B Zahuranec

Published in: Neurology (2023)

Psychological distress is common among family surrogate decision makers in the year after stroke and may be worse among MAs. Efforts are needed to support family members of all ethnic groups after severe stroke.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
early onset
decision making
sleep quality
cerebral ischemia
drug induced
african american
brain injury
blood brain barrier