Predisposing factors | Instrument |
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Socio-demographic | Age |
Gender | |
Education | |
Medical condition | Â |
Medication | Anticholinergic Risk Scale [25] |
Pre-stroke functional status | Modified Ranking Scale [47], Instrumental Activities of Daily Living [48] |
Health history | Cumulative Illness Rating Scale [49] |
Loss of visual acuity, hearing impairment | Medical history, presence of glasses, hearing devices |
Infections (pneumonia, urinary tract infection) | Diagnosis based on criteria from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [50] |
Biochemical disturbances | sodium <136 or >145Â mmol/L, potassium <3.5 or >5.1Â mmol/L, glucose <3.3 or >5.6Â mmol/L, urea nitrogen >8,07Â mmol/L, creatynine >106Â mmol/L |
Pre-stroke dementia | Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly [23] |
Pre-stroke behavioral and emotional disturbances | Neuropsychiatric Inventory [37] |
Stroke characteristic | Â |
Stoke severity | National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale [51] |
Subtypes of ischemic stroke | The Oxford Community Stroke Project classification [52] |
Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment classification [53] | |
Stroke symptoms (aphasia, neglect, hemianopia) | Clinical examination |