TY - JOUR
T1 - Stroke Epidemiology in Argentina. Design of a Population-Based Study in General Villegas (EstEPA)
AU - Pujol Lereis, Virginia A.
AU - Melcon, Mario O.
AU - Hawkes, Maximiliano A.
AU - Gomez Schneider, Maia M.
AU - Dossi, Daiana E.
AU - Alet, Matías J.
AU - Povedano, Guillermo P.
AU - Gonzalez, Claudio D.
AU - Ameriso, Sebastián F.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this investigation has been obtained by unrestricted research grants from FLENI, FINEP, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Raffo, and Gador.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018
PY - 2019/1
Y1 - 2019/1
N2 - Background: Epidemiological data on stroke is scarce in Latin America. Estudio Epidemiológico Poblacional sobre Accidente Cerebrovascular (EstEPA) is a population-based program planned to assess prevalence, incidence, mortality, and burden of disease for stroke in the Department of General Villegas, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods and Design: Prevalence study will consist of a two-phase survey approach in the urban area of General Villegas. First, trained social workers with a structured questionnaire will collect data in 2000 randomly selected housing units. Those subjects screened positive for possible strokes will be interviewed and examined by stroke neurologists to confirm diagnosis. The incidence study will be performed according to the methodology of WHO STEPS stroke surveillance manual and will detect all new strokes in the department during a 5-year period. General and disease-specific mortality rates will be assessed monthly during a 5-year period, using different sources of information. To assess the overall burden of cerebrovascular disease, disability adjusted life years will be calculated. Discussion: EstEPA will assess for the first time all aspects of stroke epidemiology in Argentina. Its results will help to implement population-based interventions and to properly allocate public health resources.
AB - Background: Epidemiological data on stroke is scarce in Latin America. Estudio Epidemiológico Poblacional sobre Accidente Cerebrovascular (EstEPA) is a population-based program planned to assess prevalence, incidence, mortality, and burden of disease for stroke in the Department of General Villegas, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Methods and Design: Prevalence study will consist of a two-phase survey approach in the urban area of General Villegas. First, trained social workers with a structured questionnaire will collect data in 2000 randomly selected housing units. Those subjects screened positive for possible strokes will be interviewed and examined by stroke neurologists to confirm diagnosis. The incidence study will be performed according to the methodology of WHO STEPS stroke surveillance manual and will detect all new strokes in the department during a 5-year period. General and disease-specific mortality rates will be assessed monthly during a 5-year period, using different sources of information. To assess the overall burden of cerebrovascular disease, disability adjusted life years will be calculated. Discussion: EstEPA will assess for the first time all aspects of stroke epidemiology in Argentina. Its results will help to implement population-based interventions and to properly allocate public health resources.
KW - epidemiology
KW - incidence
KW - mortality
KW - prevalence
KW - stroke
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2018.09.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 30292417
AN - SCOPUS:85057845163
SN - 1052-3057
VL - 28
SP - 56
EP - 62
JO - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
JF - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases
IS - 1
ER -