Comparing Post-stroke Functioning and Rehabilitation Pathways in a Region of North of Norway and a Region of Denmark. A Prospective Cohort Study.

Post-stroke prospective multicenter cohort study. The objectives of the study was to compare functioning and health related quality of life in the two study regions, in relation to known predictors and to differences in organization of treatment- and rehabilitation. The inclusion was of consecutive acute stroke patients with ICD10 diagnosis I.63 and I.61 from a regional part of Northern Norway and Jylland Denmark. All were referred to stroke units. At baseline national stroke registry data were collected in each country. Telephone interviews at 3 months post stroke added information on functioning and rehabilitation. A questionnaire package was mailed to the participants 3- and 12-months post stroke. These included validated Questionnaires like QOLIBRI-OS, HADS, SS-QOL and EQ5D.

Validity studies on QOLIBRI-OS and SS-QOL has been published, along with several other papers. Synne Garder Pedersen and Guri Heiberg have finished their PhDs.