STS Hospital-level stroke surveillance in Chilumba, Malawi: providing tools for evaluating interventions in hypertension and stroke in sub-Saharan Africa Karonga

Malawi, 2014 - 2017

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DDI-MWI-KA-MEIRU-STS-2015-v01

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Professor Moffat Nyirenda, Professor MiaCrampin, Dr Alison Price, , , ,

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Data file: sts_rast

Rapid assessment of Stroke

Cases:	403
Variables:	152

Variables

version

stid

study identifier

cno

intdate

inttime

adl

dthdate

dthdatex

date of death estimated

cod

wheredied

seen

participant seen

seenpl

participant seen place

whoinfo

who provided interview information

whohelpinfo

who helped provided interview information

newsymp

was new onset of syptoms

whensymp

if not new onset of syptoms when start

diagbef

stroke diagnosed before

suddensymp

was onset of syptoms sudden

dtfirstsymp

date of first onset of syptoms

dtfirstsympx

date of first onset of syptoms estimate

timefirstsymp

time of first onset of syptoms

firstsymp

was this first time had symptoms

numsymp

if no how many times had syptoms

whenrecsymp

when most recent previous event

whenrecsympx

when most recent previous event extimate

sympresolve

did symptoms resolve after first onset

extraeventyn

further event between notification and assesment

numevent

if yes how many further events

prioreventyn

prior events in motnh before notification

priorevent

number of prior events in motnh before notification

timedaysymp

notification event time of onset

dursymp

notification event duration

progsymp

progression of symptoms

wheresymp

where was patient during event

alone

was patient alone during event

whohelp

who present during event

firsthelp

who was first contacted for help

firsthelpdt

when was first help sought

firsthelpdtx

when was first help sought estimate

medhelpdt

when was medical help sought

medhelpdtx

when was first help sought estimate

timehelp

time first help sought

hospadmit

patient admitted to hospital

durhospadm

duration of hospital admission

visittradheal

vist tradional healer

typetradmed

type of traditional medicine

tradhealstay

length of traditional treatment

glaseye

glasgow coma scale eyes

glasmotor

glasgow coma scale motor

glasverbal

glasgow coma scale verbal

glastotal

glasgow coma scale total (as recorded)

unconsex

patient conscious ion examination

rfacepon

onset symptoms right face weakness

lfacepon

onset symptoms left face weakness

rarmpon

onset symptoms right arm weakness

larmpon

onset symptoms left arm weakness

rhandpon

onset symptoms right hand weakness

lhandpon

onset symptoms left hand weakness

rlegpon

onset symptoms right leg weakness

llegpon

onset symptoms left leg weakness

rfaceson

onset symptoms right face sensory deficit

lfaceson

onset symptoms left face sensory deficit

rarmson

onset symptoms right arm sensory deficit

larmson

onset symptoms left arm sensory deficit

rhandson

onset symptoms right hand sensory deficit

lhandson

onset symptoms left hand sensory deficit

rlegson

onset symptoms right leg sensory deficit

llegson

onset symptoms left leg sensory deficit

rhemvison

onset symptoms right hemianopia

lhemvison

onset symptoms left hemianopia

rmonovison

onset symptoms right monocular

lmonovison

onset symptoms left monocular

dysphason

onset symptoms dysphasia

dysarthon

onset symptoms dysarthria

verton

onset symptoms vertigo

headachon

onset symptoms headache

vomiton

onset symptoms nausea

fiton

onset symptoms seizures

unconson

onset symptoms unconscious

confon

onset symptoms confusion

rfacepex

initial examination right face weakness

lfacepex

initial examination left face weakness

rarmpex

initial examination right arm weakness

larmpex

initial examination left arm weakness

rhandpex

initial examination right hand weakness

lhandpex

initial examination left hand weakness

rlegpex

initial examination right leg weakness

llegpex

initial examination left leg weakness

rfacesex

initial examination right face sensory deficit

lfacesex

initial examination left face sensory deficit

rarmsex

initial examination right arm sensory deficit

larmsex

initial examination left arm sensory deficit

rhandsex

initial examination right hand sensory deficit

lhandsex

initial examination left hand sensory deficit

rlegsex

initial examination right leg sensory deficit

llegsex

initial examination left leg sensory deficit

rhemvisex

initial examination right hemianopia

lhemvisex

initial examination left hemianopia

rgazepex

initial examination right gaze palsy

lgazepex

initial examination left gaze palsy

rnystpex

initial examination right nystagmus

lnystpex

initial examination left nystagmus

dysphex

initial examination dysphasia

dysarthex

initial examination dysarthria

ataxiaex

initial examination ataxia

visspnegex

initial examination neglect

swallowex

initial examination swalloing difficulty

rosierscore

rosier scale total score

cincinscore

cincinnati scale

bparm

blood pressure taken right arm

muac

arm circumference

bpdeid

device id blood pressure

sysbpf

systolic bp first measure

sysbps

systolic bp second measure

sysbpt

systolic bp third measure

diabpf

diastolic bp first measure

diabps

diastolic bp second measure

diabpt

diastolic bp third measure

pulsef

pulse rate first measure

pulses

pulse rate second measure

pulset

pulse rate third measure

raststroke

provisonal diagnosis at household

studyeventno

first event registered in this study

rdblgluc

hivdone

rtfdone

temp

asprinprior

aspirin taken prior to stoke

asprinwhen

if aspirin taken prior how often

asprinreas

if aspirin not taken prior why

aspringiven

aspirin given immediately

refercrh

provided referral to crh

acceptref

accpeted referal to crh

transhosp

transport arrangments

abcdage

tia (abcd2 score) age

abcdbp

tia (abcd2 score) bp

abcdclfe

tia (abcd2 score) clinical features

abcddursymp

tia (abcd2 score) symptom duration

abcddm

tia (abcd2 score) diabetes

abcdtot

tia (abcd2 score) total

reasnotattend1

reason 1 not attend clinic / hospital

reasnotattend2

reason 2 not attend clinic / hospital

reasnotattend3

reason 3 not attend clinic / hospital

rcdr

rcdr2

chkr

codr

entryby

updateby

entrydate

updatedate

verified

Total: 152

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