Cerebrovascular Registry
Cerebrovascular Registry
Patients with stroke were registered based on the WHO/ MONICA protocol and were followed-up
 for 28 days, starting in 2015 in PROVE Registry
PROVE program started in 2015, the registration of stroke continued but followed the WHO
 Stepwise method instead of WHO/MONICA .Patients are followed up for two years. The
 corresponding questionnaire covered the patients' demographic data, medical history upon
 hospital admission, history of comorbidities, medications used prior to the treatment,
 history of drug abuse, heart and brain imaging, history of blood tests and blood diseases,
 hospital treatments received, hospitalization complications, medications prescribed at the
 time of discharge, discharge status and the definite diagnosis of type of stroke according to
 CT or MRI.

 The patients were followed-up over the phone or in person from the 1st, 3rd and 12th months
 to two years. The patients' disabilities were measured using the Barthel Index and the
 Modified Rankin Scale (MRS). The reliability and validity of these two questionnaires have
 already been investigated in Persian. In addition, secondary prevention measures,
 rehabilitation status and the incidence of new cardiovascular events were also examined in
 the follow-up. The stroke registration personnel received an initial training of three
 two-hour sessions and monthly one-hour retraining sessions. They visited the archives of
 various hospitals on a daily basis and registered the data contained in the records
Inclusion Criteria:

 * patients with acute Stroke (Hemorrhagic and Non Hemorrhagic)

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  patients who do not agree to continue cooperation

 -  patients with incomplete documents