Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review

Objectives To assess the healthcare costs associated with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and its complications (malnutrition, dehydration, pneumonia and death).Design Systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations.Data sources...

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Main Authors: Sergio Marin, Mateu Serra-Prat, Omar Ortega, Pere Clavé
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020-08-01
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Mateu Serra-Prat
Omar Ortega
Pere Clavé
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description Objectives To assess the healthcare costs associated with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and its complications (malnutrition, dehydration, pneumonia and death).Design Systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and the National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database were searched up to 31 December 2019.Participants Patients with poststroke.Primary outcome measures The costs associated to poststroke OD and its complications.Data analysis Data were synthetised narratively, quality evaluation was done using an adaptation of Drummond’s checklist and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation recommendations were used to assess strength of evidence.Results A total of 166 articles were identified, of which 10 studies were included. The cost of OD during the hospitalisation was assessed in four studies. One prospective study showed an increase of US$6589 for patients requiring tube feeding. Two retrospective studies found higher costs for those patients who developed OD, (US$7329 vs US$5939) among patients with haemorrhagic stroke transferred to inpatient rehabilitation and an increase of €3000 (US$3950) and SFr14 000 (US$15 300) in hospitalisation costs. One study did not found OD as a predictor for total medical costs in the multivariate analysis. One retrospective study showed an increase of US$4510 during the first year after stroke for those patients with OD. For pneumonia, five retrospective studies showed an increase in hospitalisation costs after stroke of between US$1456 and US$27 633. One prospective study showed an increase in hospitalisation costs during 6 months after stroke in patients at high malnutrition risk. Strength of evidence was considered moderate for OD and pneumonia and low for malnutrition.Conclusions This systematic review shows moderate evidence towards higher costs for those patients who developed OD after stroke. The available literature is heterogeneous, and some important aspects have not been studied yet. Further studies are needed to define the specific cost of poststroke OD.PROSPERO registration number CRD42018099977.
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spelling doaj-art-2ca2acbd1b2540c0ae1917581e4f52712024-12-02T03:10:13ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552020-08-0110810.1136/bmjopen-2019-031629Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic reviewSergio Marin0Mateu Serra-Prat1Omar Ortega2Pere Clavé31 Pharmacy Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, SpainResearch Unit, Hospital de Mataró, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataro, Catalunya, SpainGastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital de Mataró, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataro, Catalunya, SpainGastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Hospital de Mataró, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataro, Catalunya, SpainObjectives To assess the healthcare costs associated with poststroke oropharyngeal dysphagia (OD) and its complications (malnutrition, dehydration, pneumonia and death).Design Systematic review following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations.Data sources MEDLINE, Embase and the National Health Service Economic Evaluation Database were searched up to 31 December 2019.Participants Patients with poststroke.Primary outcome measures The costs associated to poststroke OD and its complications.Data analysis Data were synthetised narratively, quality evaluation was done using an adaptation of Drummond’s checklist and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation recommendations were used to assess strength of evidence.Results A total of 166 articles were identified, of which 10 studies were included. The cost of OD during the hospitalisation was assessed in four studies. One prospective study showed an increase of US$6589 for patients requiring tube feeding. Two retrospective studies found higher costs for those patients who developed OD, (US$7329 vs US$5939) among patients with haemorrhagic stroke transferred to inpatient rehabilitation and an increase of €3000 (US$3950) and SFr14 000 (US$15 300) in hospitalisation costs. One study did not found OD as a predictor for total medical costs in the multivariate analysis. One retrospective study showed an increase of US$4510 during the first year after stroke for those patients with OD. For pneumonia, five retrospective studies showed an increase in hospitalisation costs after stroke of between US$1456 and US$27 633. One prospective study showed an increase in hospitalisation costs during 6 months after stroke in patients at high malnutrition risk. Strength of evidence was considered moderate for OD and pneumonia and low for malnutrition.Conclusions This systematic review shows moderate evidence towards higher costs for those patients who developed OD after stroke. The available literature is heterogeneous, and some important aspects have not been studied yet. Further studies are needed to define the specific cost of poststroke OD.PROSPERO registration number CRD42018099977.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/10/8/e031629.full
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title Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review
title_full Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review
title_fullStr Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review
title_full_unstemmed Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review
title_short Healthcare-related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke: a systematic review
title_sort healthcare related cost of oropharyngeal dysphagia and its complications pneumonia and malnutrition after stroke a systematic review
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