Table 2 Description of included studies
From: Response to symptoms of stroke in the UK: a systematic review
First author, yr published, | Study type, data collection tool, year conducted | Study participants (n=) | Question(s) addressed | Recruitment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Awareness of symptoms | Response to symptoms of stroke | Beliefs & attitudes | ||||
Salisbury[15] 1998 | Prospective cohort Structured interview schedule 1997 | Stroke patients (177) | ✓* | ✓ | New and recurrent stroke admissions to one hospital over a 6 month period. | |
Carroll[18] 2004 | Survey | Stroke/TIA patients (40) | ✓* | ✓ | ✓ | 3 groups: patients with a diagnosis of stroke or TIA admitted within previous 48 hours; at risk patients attending hypertension, diabetic and chronic renal failure out-patient clinics; patients and relatives on non medical wards and visitors to the hospital café. |
Structured interview schedule & open ended questions | At risk patents (40) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
2001/2 | General public (40) | ✓ | ✓ | Response rates not given. | ||
Townend[21] 2006 | Mixed methods Structured interview & semi-structured interview 1 month after stroke & structured interview 9 months after stroke 2000/1 | Stroke patients (89) | ✓ | Patients admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of stroke. | ||
Giles[22] 2006 | Survey Structured interview schedule 2002/3 | TIA patients (241) | ✓* | ✓ | 2 cohorts of patients with TIA: one from a population-based study of the incidence of TIA and stroke (Oxford vascular study) and the other of patients referred to hospital TIA out-patient clinics recruited over a 12 month period. | |
Lasserson [14] 2008 | Survey Structured interview schedule 2002/6 | Minor stroke/TIA patients (768) | ✓ | A population based incidence study. Participants recruited from 9 general practices over a 4 year period (Oxford vascular study). | ||
Shah[23] 2007 | Survey Structured interview schedule 2002/3 | Stroke patients & witnesses (103) | ✓* | ✓(patients only) | ✓ | Patients recently admitted with acute ischaemic stroke and witnesses. |
Harraf[13] 2002 | Observational study Structured proforma 2000 | Stroke patients (739) | ✓ | Consecutive patients admitted to 11 teaching hospital and 11 district general hospitals with symptoms suggestive of an acute stroke over a 4 week period. | ||
Harbison[17] 2004 | Survey 2000 | Stroke/TIA patients (487) | ✓ | The medical records of consecutive patients referred to a stroke service were prospectively studied over a six month period. | ||
Parahoo[19] 2003 | Postal survey 2001 | General public (892) | ✓ | ✓ | Participants were randomly selected from electoral register. | |
Morgan[20] 2005 | Postal survey Self-completion questionnaire 2003/4 | General public (139) | ✓ | ✓ | Patients aged 40-65 were randomly selected from a general practice register. 57% response rate. | |
Gupta[16] 2002 | Survey Structured interview schedule 1999 | At risk patients (410) | ✓ | Patients attending a hospital clinic over an 8 month period with one or more established risk factors for stroke/TIA. Response rate not given. | ||