Comparison of Prehospital Stroke Screening Scales in the Ambulance Setting; a Multiregional, Multicenter Observational Cohort Study
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 3,000
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- additional investigations
Study Overview
Brief Summary
There are everal scales designed to help ambulance paramedics to identify a patient with a stroke and activate a stroke code. These scales were never tested in the field in a large unselected patient sample. We aim to perform an in-the field head tot head comparison of all published stroke scales designed to be used by ambulance paramedics
Detailed Description
this is a multicenter multiregional cohort study including about 3000 stroke code patients. In all patients an application will be filled out before hospital arrival including items that enable us to reconstruct all previously published stroke scales.
Data from the application will be related to in hospital data of the same patient. In order to do this we will use a trusted third party for data coupling.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •patients for whom a stroke code is activated
Exclusion Criteria
- •< 18 years
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
additional investigations
Time Frame: on admission
CT scans performed
treated with reperfusion therapy
Time Frame: first 24 hours after admission
treatment with IV thrombolysis; endovascular therapy or surgery
final diagnosis
Time Frame: discharge or after 3 months
Diangosis by treating physician
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
NyikaKruyt
M, PhD
Leiden University Medical Center