Table 1 Details of included studies
Setting | Population source | Study years | Number of strokes | Population | Study Design | ICD code | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East Lancashire | 93 GP practices | 1994-1995 | 642 | 405,272 | Prospective; GP contacts, Hospital registers, death certificates, rehabilitation Services | ICD 9 430-438 | Du et al 1997 |
Oxfordshire | 63 Family Physician Registries | 2002-2005 | 439 | 91,106 | Prospective;, GP visits, monthly practice listings, monthly referral listings, death certificates; imaging or autopsy | ICD-10 I60-69 | Rothwell 2005 |
South London | Lewisham, Southwark & Lambeth | 1995-2004 | 2,874 | 271,817 | Prospective; multiple overlapping sources of information, death certificates; CT scan/MRI, necropsy, cerebrospinal fluid analysis | ICD-9 430-434 & 436 ICD-10 I60-69 | Heuschmann et al 2008 |
Scottish Borders Region | 39 GP practices | 1998-2000 | 596 | 106,352 | Prospective; Multiple notification sources - GPs, nursing staff, neurovascular clinic staff, neighbouring hospitals, social services, "Chest, Heart and Stroke, Scotland"; hot pursuit by research nurses; death certificates' CT scans | ICD 9 430-438 ICD 10 160-169 | Syme et al 2005 |
Devon & Cornwall | Referrals to Neurosurgery department | 1992-1996 | 800 | 1,504,847 | Retrospective; Hospital records, death statistics, cerebral angiography database, surgery database, GP records; CT scans, necropsy | ICD-10 I60, I61.5, I61.9, I62, I62.1, I62.9, I67.1, I69-I69.2, I72.0, I72.9 and corresponding ICD-9 codes before 1994. | Pobereskin 2001 |