The largest population-based study on strokes in the UK for 20 years is to
be launched this year by the Stroke Association.
The charity has been awarded £180,000 to fund the study, which will provide
up-to-date information on the condition, and will be the only high-quality
population based study in the northern hemisphere to chart recent changes in
incidence, death-rate and stroke outcomes. It is due to get underway later this
year, with the findings unlikely to be published before 2006 or 2007.
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Up to now, there has only been one comparable study carried out within the
UK – the Oxfordshire Community Stroke Project. Although conducted 20 years ago,
current health resourcing plans are often still based on this data.
Research leader Dr Peter Rothwell, a consultant neurologist at the Radcliffe
Infirmary, Oxford, said: "Our study will allow us to evaluate the success
of the UK in preventing and treating stroke, and to plan future services."
