Validation of the 8-item questionnaire for verifying stroke free status with and without pictograms in three West African languages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Questionnaire for Verifying Stroke-free Status (QVSFS) has been validated in Western populations as a method for verifying stroke-free status in participants of clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies. This instrument has not been validated in low-income settings where populations have limited knowledge of stroke symptoms and literacy levels are low.

Objective

To simultaneously validate the 8-item QVSFS in 3 languages spoken in West Africa (Yoruba, Hausa and Akan) for ascertainment of stroke-free status of control subjects in SIREN.

Methods

Using a cross-sectional study design, 100 participants each from the 3 linguistic groups will be consecutively recruited from neurology and general medicine clinics of 5 tertiary referral hospitals in Nigeria a

SUBMITTER: Sarfo FS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4852153 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature