Cognitive Function After Stroke
Initiatives
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To examine whether modifiable risk factors known at the time of the index stroke would be useful in predicting dementia outcomes.
*Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.*
- Start Year
- 2002
- End Year
- 2012
- Funding
- UK Medical Research Council (MRC, G0500247); Newcastle Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality (BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC, LLHW); and the Alzheimer's Research Trust (UK).
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Design
- Study design
- Patients' cohort
- Follow Up
- Longitudinal study 3 months after stroke. At baseline none of the patients had dementia. Assessed annually for cognition and development of incident dementia over up to 8 years of follow-up.
Marker Paper
Allan, L. M., Rowan, E. N., Firbank, M. J., Thomas, A. J., Parry, S. W., Polvikoski, T. M., O'Brien, J. T., & Kalaria, R. N. (2011). Long term incidence of dementia, predictors of mortality and pathological diagnosis in older stroke survivors. Brain : a journal of neurology, 134(Pt 12), 3716–3727. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awr273
Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 355
- Number of participants with biosamples
- Supplementary Information
- Over 75 years old
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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