Black and Hispanic people in US less likely to get treatment for stroke complications

• Black stroke survivors were significantly less likely to be treated for any complications except seizure, compared to stroke survivors who were white. The largest difference was seen in the treatment of arousal/fatigue, spasticity, and mood at the 14-day mark. Compared to stroke survivors who were white adults, those who were Black adults were 30% less likely to be treated for central nervous system arousal, 27% less likely to be treated for spasticity and 17% less likely to be treated for mood irregularities.
• In the comparison of Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic white stroke survivors at the 14-day mark, Hispanics survivors were 20% less likely to receive treatment for central nervous system arousal; 19% less likely to receive treatment for spasticity; and 16% less likely to receive treatment for mood irregularities.
• Little to no differences in the treatment of seizure were seen between the three patient groups at all three time periods.

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