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Cerebrovascular Disease: Quality of Life (CODE: QoL)
Sponsor: University of Zurich
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.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
680
Start Date
2023-05-27
Completion Date
2028-06-30
Last Updated
2024-06-05
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
questionnaire, hair samples, blood samples, clinical exam
The following parameters will be sequentially assessed in caregivers and patients (baseline, at 3 months and at 12 months): 1) quality of life / functioning will be determined through questionnaires (SF-36, EQ-5DL, ECOG (Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group) / Karnofsky, Barthel Index, ICIQ) 2) stress levels \& anxiety levels, caregiver burden will be assessed by the following questionnaires: Distress Thermometer, SBQ-G, GAD-7, PHQ-9, PSS-10, ZBI, PAC. Cortisol will be measured in hair to indicate stress within the past 3 months \[18\]. Fasting glucose, lipid profiles and HbA1c along with blood count, sodium, potassium, creatinine, TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) will be measured in routine blood samples from patients at the time of clinical checkups. Blood pressure, pulse and BMI will be determined during clinical visit in patients and additionally in caregivers.
Locations (1)
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland