Delirium and Risk of Vascular dementia after a Stroke (DRIVERS)

Principal Investigator

Dr Akin Ojagbemi 
University of Ibadan College of Medicine 
Nigeria
 

Summary

Country Nigeria
Principal Investigator Akin Ojagbemi
Key publication/reference

Ojagbemi, A., Bello, T., Owolabi, M., Baiyewu, O.  
Cognitive decline before and after a first-ever stroke in Africans. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica.
2021;144;266-274.

Years in which study conducted 2017-2020
Sample  
Size 150
Population: Hospital/community/trial Observational – hospital based
Age range 18+
Number of centres 1
Control group: number, population, selection None
Assessment  
Follow up schedule Quarterly over 1 year
Neuropsychological tests Detailed neuropsychological test battery
Other assessments Medical history, Physical exam, Psychiatric and mental health exam (delirium), Functional tests
MRI sequence/technique No
Genetic data No
Funders Medical Education Partnership Initiative-Junior Faculty Research Training Program under Fogarty International Grant (D43TW010140).