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Table 2 Schedule of assessments in the FUTURE study

From: Risk factors and prognosis of young stroke. The FUTURE study: A prospective cohort study. Study rationale and protocol

Assessment

Baseline

Follow-up

Demographics

  

Ethnicity

 

X

Education

 

X

Marital status

 

X

Social/living status

 

X

Stroke Characteristics

  

Qualifying event

X

 

Symptoms at onset

X

 

Discharge date and destination

X

 

TOAST

X

 

NIHSS at admission and at discharge

X

 

Modified Ranking Scale at discharge

X

 

Medical History

  

History of any cardiovascular disease

X

X*

Cardiovascular risk factors

X

X*

Family history of cardiovascular disease

X

X

Medication use

X

X*

Stroke related surgical procedures

X

X*

Epilepsy

X

X*

Neuropsychologic examination

  

Global cognitive function

  

   Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

X

X

Verbal memory function

  

   Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test

 

X

Visuospatial memory

  

   Rey's Complex Figure Test

 

X

Speed of information processing

  

   Symbol-Digit Substitution Task

 

X

   Stroop test

 

X

Working memory

  

   Paper and Pencil Memory Scanning Tasks

 

X

Executive functioning

  

   Animal Fluency task

 

X

Attention

  

   Verbal series attention test

 

X

Subjective cognitive failures

  

   Cognitive failures questionnaire

 

X

Depressive symptoms

  

   Structured questionnaire depressive symptoms

 

X

   Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI)

 

X

   Center of Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale(CES-)

 

X

   Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale

 

X

Physical examination

  

Length and weight

X

X

Waist circumference

 

X

Blood pressure

X

X

Heart rate

X

X

Neurological examination

  

Babinsky sign

X

 

Sensory system

  

   Quantitative measurement by vibration tuning fork

 

X

Muscle strength

  

   Medical Research Council Scale (MRC)

 

X

Mobility and activities of daily living

  

TUG-test

 

X

Exercise expressed in metabolic equivalent value

 

X*

Tinetti test (body balance and gait)

 

X

Modified Ranking Scale (MRS)

X

X

Barthel Index

 

X

Instrumental activities of daily living questionnaire (IADL)

 

X

Additional questionnaires

  

Fatigue

  

   CIS20R

 

X

Health related quality of life

  

   Short Form 36

 

X

   EQ-5D

 

X

   Stroke impact scale 3.0

 

X

Sleep disturbances

 

X*

List of Threatening Experiences (LTE)

 

X*

Work

 

X*

Radiological examination

  

Confirmation of index event (CT or MRI)

X

 

Angiography

X

 

MRI

  

   T1 magnetization-prepared rapid gradient echo

 

X

   FLAIR pulse sequences

 

X

   Transversal T2* weighted gradient echo sequence

 

X

   Diffusion Tensor imaging

 

X

   Resting state imaging

 

X

   Time-of-flight angiography

 

X

Ancillary investigation

  

Electrocardiogram

X

X

Ultrasonography of the carotid arteries

X

X

  1. * Variables were collected both for the period before and after the index event.