Health Inequalities and Stroke Literature Review Data from 70 Studies

70 studies collated from a rapid review of research on health inequalities across the stroke pathway, conducted in September 2022. The review was commissioned by the Stroke Association and includes studies from 2009 onwards, with a focus on the UK and other Anglosphere countries, Western Europe, and Japan. The dataset was created by Verity Longley and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of stroke research by health inequality lens (e.g., socioeconomic status, ethnicity) based on the described categorization.
• Identify research gaps regarding underserved communities (e.g., migrants, LGBTQ+ communities) based on the reported lack of studies.
• Map research topics (e.g., thrombectomy, access to services) against stages of the UK stroke care pathway as described.
• Compare the volume of quantitative versus qualitative research approaches among the included studies.

Strengths

• Includes 70 peer-reviewed studies systematically identified from five databases.
• Categorizes studies by four specific health inequality lenses and by stages of the stroke care pathway.
• Incorporates Patient Carer and Public Involvement and Engagement (PCPIE) work with nine stroke survivors and carers.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (70.4 KB), indicating a limited scope of raw data.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic literature review of five electronic databases, screened by title, abstract, and full text.

Time Range

Studies from 2009 onwards, searched in September 2022.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 17:28:32; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Prioritized UK studies, expanding to Anglosphere countries, Western Europe, and Japan; USA studies were excluded.