Cracow Stroke Database
The Cracow Stroke Database is a hospital-based, prospective cohort established to investigate the epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes of stroke among patients treated at the Department of Neurology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, in Krakow, Poland, and includes data on over 1,300 consecutively admitted stroke patients. Participants were recruited consecutively from hospital admissions beginning in 1994, with eligibility restricted to adults aged 40 years or older. The initial 1994 to 2000 cohort included 816 first-ever stroke patients and a subsequent cohort of 569 patients was enrolled between 2008 and 2012 to assess temporal trends in stroke severity, survival, and vascular risk factors. In addition, a subset of 250 patients admitted from 2000 to 2001 was studied for pre-stroke dementia risk, forming a smaller, cognitively focused sub cohort. Participants are followed up through hospital discharge, 30 days, and 1-year post-stroke, with additional cognitive follow-up at 3 months in the dementia-related sub study.
Study design
Cohort, Cohort - clinical, Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
1,385 (participants as of 2014)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
≥ 40 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1994
Primary Institutions
Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński)
University of New South Wales (UNSW)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
No funding information available
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- Self-report questionnaire – paper or computer assisted
- None
- Computerized tomography (CT)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
