Door-to-Door Capture of Incident and Prevalent Stroke Cases in Durango, Mexico | Zendy

Carlos CantúBrito | Zendy; Jennifer J. Majersik | Zendy; Brisa N. Sánchez | Zendy; Angel Ruano | Zendy; Daniela Becerra-Mendoza | Zendy; Jeffrey J. Wing | Zendy; Lewis B. Morgenstern | Zendy

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Door-to-Door Capture of Incident and Prevalent Stroke Cases in Durango, Mexico

Author(s) -

Carlos CantúBrito,

Jennifer J. Majersik,

Brisa N. Sánchez,

Angel Ruano,

Daniela Becerra-Mendoza,

Jeffrey J. Wing,

Lewis B. Morgenstern

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.592592

Subject(s) - medicine , stroke (engine) , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , cumulative incidence , epidemiology , emergency medicine , pediatrics , demography , surgery , transplantation , mechanical engineering , physics , sociology , optics , engineering

Stroke incidence and prevalence estimates in developing countries should include stroke cases not presenting to hospital. We performed door-to-door stroke case ascertainment in Durango Municipality, Mexico, to estimate stroke incidence and prevalence and to determine the error made by only ascertaining hospital cases.

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