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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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Reference ID
DDI-MWI-KA-MEIRU-STS-2015-v01
Producer(s)
Professor Moffat Nyirenda, Professor MiaCrampin, Dr Alison Price, , , ,
Collections
Karonga HDSS
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Nov 14, 2025
Last modified
Nov 19, 2025
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  • sts_clin
  • sts_com
  • sts_consent
  • sts_exit
  • sts_fup
  • sts_rast
  • sts_sil
  • sts_stsf
  • sts_stsp
Variable Groups
  • Information Sheet and Consent For Cases and Controls
  • Follow-up Form
    • Identification
    • Vital Status
    • Current medication
    • Recurrent Events
    • Barthel adl index At Time of interview
    • Abbreviated Mental Test (Amt)
    • Medication Provided
    • Others
    • Blood pressure and pulse
    • Antrpometric measurments
  • Identification data
  • About Patient About Activities Before THE STROKE/TIA
  • Patient’s previous stroke or TIA
  • Medical care for ever stroke/TIA.
  • Barthel ADL INDEX at time of interview
  • Abbreviated Mental Test (Amt)
  • Medical history
  • History in 12 months prior to Stroke
  • Family Stroke history
  • Tobacco consumption
  • Alcohol
  • Indoor smoke
  • Antrpometric measurments
  • Cause of stroke according to patient
  • Diagnostic tests
  • Oher diagnostic tests
  • Medication provided
  • Other
  • Community notification of event
  • Prevalent Questionnaire
  • Clinic notification of event
  • Rapid assessment of Stroke
  • STROKE-TIA Identification
  • EXIT form

Data file: sts_stsf

STS Full Questionnaire
Unique identifier STID+ CNO

Cases: 83
Variables: 204

Variables

version
version
stid
study identifier
cno
contact number
intdate
interview date
intplace
interview location
patienttype
patient type of first identification
department
if identified in hospital which department
strtype
if identified in hospital what type of stroke was diagnosed
hospattend
date of first hospital visit
site
karonga or liliongwe
resident
participants residnt status
livewith
participants living arrangement
livealone
patient live alone
assistreq
patient require assistance before event
whoasist
if patient required assistance before event who assisted
modrankpr
modified rankin score prior to event
adlbowpr
barthel adl prior to stroke bowels
adlbladpr
barthel adl prior to stroke bladder
adlgrpr
barthel adl prior to stroke grooming
adlloopr
barthel adl prior to stroke toilet use
adlfeedpr
barthel adl prior to stroke feeding
adltranspr
barthel adl prior to stroke transfer
adlmobpr
barthel adl prior to stroke mobility
adldresspr
barthel adl prior to stroke dressing
adlstairpr
barthel adl prior to stroke stairs
adlbathpr
barthel adl prior to stroke bathing
adltotalpr
barthel adl prior to stroke total score
prstrevent
number of previous acute stroke like events lasting < 24hrs
prstreventdt
date of most recent event lasting < 24hrs
prstreventdtx
date of most recent event lasting < 24hrs estimate
prtiaevent
number of previous acute stroke like events lasting > 24hrs
prtiaeventdt
date of most recent event lasting > 24hrs
prtiaeventdtx
date of most recent event lasting > 24hrs estimate
everdiag
ever diagnose with stroke tia by health professional
agefrstdiag
what age first diagnosed
hospadm
ever admitted to hospital for stroke tia
frsthospadm
when first admitted to hospital for stroke tia
adlbowint
barthel adl at interview bowels
adlbladint
barthel adl at interview bladder
adlgrint
barthel adl at interview grooming
adllooint
barthel adl at interview toilet use
adlfeedint
barthel adl at interview feeeding
adltransint
barthel adl at interview transfer
adlmobint
barthel adl at interview mobility
adldressint
barthel adl at interview dressing
adlstairint
barthel adl at interview stairs
adlbathint
barthel adl at interview bathing
adltotalint
barthel adl at interview total
modrankint
modified rankin at interview total
amtdone
abbreivated mental test done
amtresult
abbreivated mental test result
reasnoamt
reson for not doing abbreivated mental test
advbp
how long since bp measured
diabp
ever diagnose high bp by health professional
agediabp
what age first diagnosed high bp
remdbp
regular medication high bp
bphct
hydrochlorthiazide
bpaml
amlodipine
bpbif
nifedipine
bpena
enalapril
bpcap
captopril/lisinopril
bpate
atenolol
bppro
propranolol
bpmdp
methyldopa/aldomet
othbp1
other bp medication 1
othbp2
other bp medication 2
othbp3
other bp medication 3
blsug
last time blood sugar checked
diadiab
ever diagnosed diabetes by a health professional
agediab
waht age diagnosed diabetes by a health professional
remddia
regular medication for diabetes
dbmet
metformin
dbgli
glibenclamide
dblen
lente
dbadr
actrapid
dbacl
acraphane
dbpro
protaphane
dbnov
novomix 30
othdb1
other diabetes medication 1
othdb2
other diabetes medication 2
othdb3
other diabetes medication 3
chole
last time cholestrol checked (num months)
diachole
ever diagnosed raised cholestrol by health professional
agechole
age first diagnose high cholestrol
remdcho
regular medication for high cholestrol
nmmdcho
name of cholestrol medication
diaheart
ever diagnosed heart disease by health professional
ageht
age first diagnosed heart disease
typehtd
type of heart disease diagnosed
diatb
ever diagnosed tb by health professional
agetb
age first diagnosed tb
diafib
ever diagnosed atrial fibrillation
ageaf
age last diagnosed atrial fibrillation
hxclaud
history of claudation
hxmig
history of migraine
hxfit
history of epilepsy
hxpep
history of peptic ulcer
ocp
ever taken cortraception
ocptyp
type of cotraception
ocpdur
how many years take oral or injectable contraception
hxang
history of angina
hxasth
history of asthma
breathless
breathlessness
reasnomeds1
reason 1 not taking medication
reasnomeds2
reason 2 not taking medication
reasnomeds3
reason 3 not taking medication
mnth12care
sought care health clinic / hospital last 12 months
mnth12admit
admitted to health centre or dispensary
mnth12reasadmit
reason most recent admission in last 12 months
trauma
any head trauma 3 months prior to stroke
famhxstroke
family history of stroke
resmoke
ever smoked cigarettes
agesmoke
age started smoking
yrsmoke
how many years smoked
tmsmoke
days per week smoked
ncsmoke
number of cigarettes in a smoking day
othtobac
ever taken other tobacco
tytobac
type of other tobacco
agetobac
how old started other tobacco
yrtobac
how many years did you consume other tobacco
nosmoke
number per week other tobacco
ntobac
number of other in an other tobacco day
alcohol
consumed alcohol in past 12 months
nalcohol
how often drink
sachety
sachet drunk in last 7 days
chibukuy
chibuku drunk in last 7 days
homebry
home brew drunk in last 7 days
winey
wine drunk in last 7 days
carlsby
carlsberg drunk in last 7 days
kucheky
kuche drunk in last 7 days
powery
powers drunk in last 7 days
brandyy
brandy drunk in last 7 days
malawigy
malawi gin drunk in last 7 days
sachetd
number of days in last 7 drank sachet
chibukud
number of days in last 7 drank chibuku
homebrd
number of days in last 7 drank home brew
wined
number of days in last 7 drank wine
carlsbd
number of days in last 7 drank carlsberg
kuchekd
number of days in last 7 drank kuche
powerd
number of days in last 7 drank powers
brandyd
number of days in last 7 drank brandy
malawigd
number of days in last 7 drank malawi gin
sachetu
number consumed last 7 days of sachet
chibukuu
number consumed last 7 days of chibuku
homebru
number consumed last 7 days of home brew
wineu
number consumed last 7 days of wine
carlsbu
number consumed last 7 days of carlsburg
kucheku
number consumed last 7 days of kuche
poweru
number consumed last 7 days of powers
brandyu
number consumed last 7 days of brandy
malawigu
number consumed last 7 days of malawi gin
indsmoke
indoor fire primary cooking > 6months of life
yrinsmok
how many years indoor fire primary cooking
hrinsmok
how many hours a day spent cooking with wood or crop residue
curinsk
wood or crop residue still used
vented
stove vented to outside
hosmoke
household member who smokes
reasstrcare1
reason 1 care giver explains stroke
reasstrcare2
reason 2 care giver explains stroke
reasstrcare3
reason 3 care giver explains stroke
reasstrpart1
reason 1 paticipant explains stroke
reasstrpart2
reason 2 paticipant explains stroke
reasstrpart3
reason 3 paticipant explains stroke
heightdone
was height measured
weightdone
was weight measured
deidh
device id for height
deidw
device id for weight
weigf
weight first measure
heigf
height first measure
waiscf
waist circumference first measure
hipcuf
hip circumference first measure
midacif
mua circumference first measure
weigs
weight second measure
heigs
height second measure
waiscs
waist circumference second measure
hipcus
hip circumference second measure
midacis
mua circumference second measure
clindiagnosis
clincial diagnosis
rtrdone
hiv rapid tests recorded
bgdone
blood glucose tests recorded
consbl
patient consent to venipuncture
gspnum
number of gsp
ecgdone
ecg done
chestxraydone
chest xray
gpxraydone
gp xray form completed
lpdone
lumbar puncture
cartoiddone
catoid doppler
echodone
echocardiography
ctdone
ct scan
drugsgiven
drugs dispensed on day of questionnaire
provasp
provided aspirin
provhtn
provided hypertension drugs
provdia
provided diabetic drugs
provoth
provided other drugs
drugspass
treatment recorded in patients health passport
rcdr
Staff code
rcdr2
Staff code
codr
Staff code
chkr
Staff code
entryby
Staff code
updateby
Staff code
entrydate
Date of entry
updatedate
Date of update
verified
verification
Total: 204
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