Cognition - Other
Conditions
Brief summary
clinical evaluation of the prevalence and severity of cognitive impairment among patients after ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke admitted to the Neuropsychiatry department
Interventions
Follow-up: for cognitive and functional reassessment
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Patients of both sexes, aged 18- 60 years, with a history of first stroke within 3 months of admission, all types of stroke confirmed by imaging (ischemia, parenchymal haemorrhage, subarachnoid haemorrhage, venous stroke)
Exclusion criteria
* Age above 60 years, refusal to participate in the study, pre-existing dementia or significant psychiatric illness, severe aphasia or communication deficits precluding cognitive testing or severe comorbid condition limiting follow-ups, systemic diseases that are known to affect the central nervous system, such as (thyroid dysfunction, chronic infections, or system failure like liver or renal failure), significant sensory impairment (deafness and blindness), history of malignancy and those who have had neurosurgical procedures or severe head trauma at any time before a stroke.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| the prevalence of cognitive impairment among patients after ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke admitted to the Neuropsychiatry department | baseline | clinical evaluation of the prevalence of cognitive impairment among patients after ischemic and haemorrhagic stroke admitted to the Neuropsychiatry departmen |
| prevalence estimates of PSCI within the stroke population admitted to a tertiary hospital. | baseline | — |