1. Home care organization impacts patient management and survival in ALS
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Nathalie Dimier, Sylvie Lavernhe, Arnaud Lacour, Jean-Philippe Camdessanché, Frédéric Costes, Jean-Christophe Antoine, and Isabelle Court-Fortune
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Adult ,Male ,0301 basic medicine ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Vital capacity ,Context (language use) ,Disease ,Cohort Studies ,Young Adult ,03 medical and health sciences ,Age Distribution ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Care organization ,Prevalence ,medicine ,Humans ,Registries ,Sex Distribution ,Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ,Prospective cohort study ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,business.industry ,Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ,Social environment ,Middle Aged ,Prognosis ,medicine.disease ,Home Care Services ,Patient Care Management ,Patient management ,Survival Rate ,Treatment Outcome ,030104 developmental biology ,Caregivers ,Neurology ,Physical therapy ,Female ,France ,Neurology (clinical) ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) depends on several factors linked to the disease. However, both the patient's living place and care organization role need to be evaluated.We analysed the effect on survival of factors linked to ALS or the socio-geographical context in a prospective cohort of 203 patients followed between 2003 and 2011.Patients were 97 females and 106 males with a mean age of 65.5 years. Survival was longer in younger patients, in case of upper limb involvement, longer time to diagnosis, and initially higher forced vital capacity. Non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and percutaneous gastrostomy (PEG) failed to demonstrate benefit. Patients who lived at home had longer survival. The nature of non-medical organization at home statistically influenced survival, which was longer with an organized network than with an unorganized one and shorter in absence of non-medical organization. In patients with indication of PEG and NIPPV, the proposition was statistically different according to the care givers.Besides the natural history of ALS, survival depended on home organization and the presence or the nature of a home-care system. Home organization was an important factor of decision for NIPPV and PEG proposals.
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- 2017
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