Validation of a Community Worker Administered Stroke Symptom Questionnaire
NCT ID: NCT02073955
Last Updated: 2014-02-28
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
322 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2013-03-31
2013-06-30
Brief Summary
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The study hypothesis is that the chance corrected agreement between the community worker administered stroke symptom questionnaire and the assessment by neurologist based on history and physical examination is at least moderate.
Detailed Description
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Specific Aims:
1. To translate and adapt a stroke symptom questionnaire for identification of stroke symptoms by community workers in a peri-urban Pakistani community
2. To validate community workers administered stroke symptom questionnaire against assessment by neurologist in a peri-urban Pakistani community
3. To determine the feasibility of utilizing community workers for identification of stroke patients in the community in terms of subject refusals and difficulty in understanding questions
The study will be conducted at the community site of AMAN community health project in Ibrahim Hyderi. Community health workers will systematically select households and from them individuals meeting eligibility criteria will be interviewed. Community workers will administer stroke symptom questionnaire to them at their homes. Those unable to answer will have a surrogate answering for them. In the second part of the study, two neurologists will independently assess all individuals. The purpose of this would be to validate the findings of the community workers based on the stroke symptom questionnaire.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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CROSS_SECTIONAL
Study Groups
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Pakistani adults
Men and women aged 40 and above, residing in Ibrahim Hyderi (periurban Pakistani community)
Consenting to Interview about stroke symptoms
No interventions assigned to this group
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Permanent resident of Ibrahim Hyderi
* All ethnicities
* Can answer for themselves or have a surrogate willing to provide necessary information. Surrogate is defined as one who lives in the same household as the individual, who is the primary caregiver and has access to the medical record / information of the patient.
* Willing to give written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
40 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Aga Khan University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Dr. Ayeesha Kamran Kamal
Associate Professor
Principal Investigators
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Ayeesha K Kamal
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
AKUH
Maria Khan
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
AKUH
Locations
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Community Health Center, Ibrahim Hyderi
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Countries
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References
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Khan M, Kamal AK, Pasha O, Islam M, Azam I, Virk A, Nasir A, Andani A, Jan M, Akhtar A, Razzak JA. Study Protocol: Validation and Adaptation of community-worker-administered stroke symptom questionnaire in a periurban Pakistani community to determine disease burden. J Vasc Interv Neurol. 2015 Feb;8(1):1-10.
Other Identifiers
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