Cerebrovascular Disease: Quality of Life (CODE: QoL)
The goal of this observational study is to learn about quality of life, stress and caregiver burden in patients with stroke and their caregivers. The main question is: • to discover the factors associated with quality of life and stress in patient-caregiver dyads. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires a
| Condition(s) | Quality of Life, Stroke, Acute, Sexual Behavior, Stress, Cortisol Excess, Incontinence, Urinary, Caregiver Burden, Transient Ischemic Attack, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Cerebrovascular Disorders |
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| Status | Recruiting |
| Study type | Observational |
| Summary | The goal of this observational study is to learn about quality of life, stress and caregiver burden in patients with stroke and their caregivers. The main question is: • to discover the factors associated with quality of life and stress in patient-caregiver dyads. Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and agree to provide a hair sample (in order to measure stress hormones in hair) and consent to use of their routine clinical and laboratory data. Researchers will compare a group of participants without stroke to establish a comparable baseline. |
| Who can participate | Control group: Inclusion criteria: * over 18 years old * No previous stroke OR previous stroke \>3 years ago * No significant disability (maximum mRS 1) * ambulatory patients at the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ), Dept. of Neurology * Patients' AND caregiver's ability to give informed consent * Patients' AND close relative's / caregiver's willingness to participate Exclusion criteria: • Medication with steroid hormones (prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone etc.) within last 3 months Main Group: Inclusion criteria: * over 18 years old * Patients diagnosed with either transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage and their caregivers * Caregiver of a patient as described above, age over 18 years * Hospitalized or ambulatory |
| Ages | 18 Years |
| Sex | All |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Yes |
| Lead sponsor | University of Zurich |
| Locations | Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland |
| Start date | 2023-05-27 |
| NCT ID | NCT06443268 |
| Official listing | https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06443268 |