Journal article
Measuring stroke and transient ischemic attack burden in New Zealand: Protocol for the fifth Auckland Regional Community Stroke Study (ARCOS V)
VL Feigin, R Krishnamurthi, S Barker-Collo, PA Barber, Y Rathnasabapathy, B Te Ao, P Parmar, S Mahon, B Tunnage, A Swain, B Arroll, H Elder, ES Tautolo, V Parag, C Anderson, D Bennett, AG Thrift, DA Cadilhac, P Brown, A Ranta Show all
International Journal of Stroke | SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD | Published : 2020
Abstract
Aim: The goal of this paper is to provide a protocol for conducting a fifth population-based Auckland Regional Community Stroke study (ARCOS V) in New Zealand. Methods and Discussion: In this study, for the first time globally, (1) stroke and TIA burden will be determined using the currently used clinical and tissue-based definition of stroke, in addition to the WHO clinical classifications of stroke used in all previous ARCOS studies, as well as more advanced criteria recently suggested for an “ideal” population-based stroke incidence and outcomes study; and (2) age, sex, and ethnic-specific trends in stroke incidence and outcomes will be determined over the last four decades, including cha..
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Awarded by Health Research Council of New Zealand
Funding Acknowledgements
The study is funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (Ref. #19/691).