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  1. Costs of Neurological Disorders
  2. Protocol for a feasibility registry-based randomised controlled trial investigating a tailored follow-up service for stroke (A-LISTS)
  3. Comparisons between group- and individual-based interventions to support recovery from stroke and ischaemic heart disease in the community: a scoping review
  4. A systematic review of current national hospital-based stroke registries that monitor access to evidence based care and patient outcomes
  5. Comparing acute hospital outcomes for people with post-stroke aphasia who do and do not require an interpreter
  6. Factors Associated With Transition From Community to Permanent Residential Aged Care Following Stroke: A Linked Registry Data Study
  7. A Network of Sites and Upskilled Therapists to Deliver Best-Practice Stroke Rehabilitation of the Arm: Protocol for a Knowledge Translation Study
  8. Co-design of a multicomponent support program for secondary prevention using digital health technology for people living with stroke or transient ischaemic attack (Preprint)
  9. Is communication key in stroke rehabilitation and recovery? National linked stroke data study
  10. A Scoping Review of mHealth Interventions for Secondary Prevention of Stroke: Implications for Policy and Practice
  11. Framingham risk score prediction at 12 months in the STANDFIRM randomised control trial
  12. Advances in Stroke: A Focus on Health Policy Literature From 2022
  13. How registry data are used to inform activities for stroke care quality improvement across 55 countries: A cross‐sectional survey of Registry of Stroke Care Quality (RES‐Q) hospitals
  14. Screening, prevention, and management of patients with poststroke depression in a tertiary hospital in China: a best practice implementation project
  15. Twenty years of monitoring acute stroke care in Australia through the national stroke audit programme (1999–2019): A cross-sectional study
  16. Improving Practice for Urinary Continence Care on Adult Acute Medical and Rehabilitation Wards: A Multi-Site, Co-Created Implementation Study
  17. Stroke Learning Health Systems: A Topical Narrative Review With Case Examples
  18. Ethnic differences in stroke outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand: A national linkage study
  19. Receipt of Mental Health Treatment in People Living With Stroke: Associated Factors and Long-Term Outcomes
  20. Understanding Stroke Guidelines for Aphasia Management
  21. Comparison of Stroke Care Costs in Urban and Nonurban Hospitals and Its Association With Outcomes in New Zealand: A Nationwide Economic Evaluation
  22. Care Transition Interventions to Improve Stroke Outcomes: Evidence Gaps in Underserved and Minority Populations
  23. Antihypertensive Medication Adherence and the Risk of Vascular Events and Falls After Stroke: A Real-World Effectiveness Study Using Linked Registry Data
  24. Costs of Hospital Care for Strokes in India: A Scoping Review
  25. A Stepped-Wedge Cluster-Randomized Trial to Improve Adherence to Evidence-Based Practices for Acute Stroke Management
  26. Development, implementation, and evaluation of the Australian Stroke Data Tool (AuSDaT): Comprehensive data capturing for multiple uses
  27. Translation of nurse-initiated protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing following stroke across Europe (QASC Europe): A pre-test/post-test implementation study
  28. Does a History of Cancer Influence the Effectiveness of Statins on Outcomes After Stroke?
  29. Global stroke statistics 2022
  30. Understanding of medications and associations with adherence, unmet needs, and perceived control of risk factors at two years post-stroke
  31. Mobility-Focused Physical Outcome Measures Over Telecommunication Technology (Zoom): Intra and Interrater Reliability Trial
  32. Exploring barriers to stroke coordinator roles in Australia: A national survey
  33. Personalized knowledge to reduce the risk of stroke (PERKS-International): Protocol for a randomized controlled trial
  34. Determining the sensitivity of emergency dispatcher and paramedic diagnosis of stroke: statewide registry linkage study
  35. Costs of acute hospitalisation for stroke and transient ischaemic attack in Australia
  36. Mobile Stroke Units: Evidence, Gaps, and Next Steps
  37. Stroke Care Costs and Cost-Effectiveness to Inform Health Policy
  38. Geographic Disparities in Stroke Outcomes and Service Access
  39. Living clinical guidelines for stroke: updates, challenges and opportunities
  40. Results of the COMPARE trial of Constraint-induced or Multimodality Aphasia Therapy compared with usual care in chronic post-stroke aphasia
  41. The Mobile Stroke Unit Nurse: An International Exploration of Their Scope of Practice, Education, and Training
  42. Mobility focussed physical outcome measures over telehealth using Zoom platform: intra and inter-rater reliability trial (Preprint)
  43. Factors associated with mental health service access among Australian community-dwelling survivors of stroke
  44. Denial of Cerebrovascular Events in a National Clinical Quality Registry for Stroke: A Retrospective Cohort Study
  45. Effect of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on the Quality of Stroke Care in Stroke Units and Alternative Wards: A National Comparative Analysis
  46. Quality of life after stroke: a longitudinal analysis of a cluster randomized trial
  47. Real-World Effectiveness of Lipid-Lowering Medications on Outcomes after Stroke: Potential Implications of the New-User Design
  48. Benefit of linking hospital resource information and patient-level stroke registry data
  49. Case-Fatality and Functional Outcome after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) in INternational STRoke oUtComes sTudy (INSTRUCT)
  50. Optimal Measures for Primary Care Physician Encounters after Stroke and Association with Survival: A Data Linkage Study
  51. Co-Designing a New Yoga-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Survivors of Stroke: A Formative Evaluation
  52. Understanding Coordinator Roles in Acute Stroke Care: A National Survey
  53. Greater Adherence to Secondary Prevention Medications Improves Survival After Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Linked Registry Study
  54. Quality of Care and One-Year Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes Hospitalised for Stroke or TIA: A Linked Registry Study
  55. What is “usual care” in the rehabilitation of upper limb sensory loss after stroke? Results from a national audit and knowledge translation study
  56. Factors associated with arrival by ambulance for patients with stroke: a multicentre, national data linkage study
  57. Healing Right Way: study protocol for a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial to enhance rehabilitation services and improve quality of life in Aboriginal Australians after brain injury
  58. Understanding the Role of External Facilitation to Drive Quality Improvement for Stroke Care in Hospitals
  59. Telestroke for acute ischaemic stroke: A systematic review of economic evaluations and a de novo cost–utility analysis for a middle income country
  60. Protocol for the development of the international population registry for aphasia after stroke (I-PRAISE)
  61. Agreement between pharmaceutical claims data and patient-reported medication use after stroke
  62. Protocol of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of Recovery-focused Community support to Avoid readmissions and improve Participation after Stroke (ReCAPS)
  63. Developing person-centred goal setting resources with and for people with aphasia: a multi-phase qualitative study
  64. Health Policy and Health Services Delivery in the Era of COVID-19
  65. Age-Related Disparities in the Quality of Stroke Care and Outcomes in Rehabilitation Hospitals: The Australian National Audit
  66. Comparing the EQ-5D-3L anxiety or depression domain to the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale to identify anxiety or depression after stroke
  67. Factors Associated with Stroke Coding Quality: A Comparison of Registry and Administrative Data
  68. Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care): Protocol for a Nationwide Observational Study
  69. Comparing Performance Across In-person and Videoconference-Based Administrations of Common Neuropsychological Measures in Community-Based Survivors of Stroke
  70. The use of videoconferencing in clinical neuropsychology practice: A mixed methods evaluation of neuropsychologists' experiences and views
  71. Letter to the Editor regarding: Critical Considerations for Stroke Management During COVID-19 Pandemic in response to Inglis et al., Heart Lung Circ. 2020;29(9): 1263–1267.
  72. Reducing Ethnic and Geographic Inequities to Optimise New Zealand Stroke Care (REGIONS Care): Protocol for a Nationwide Observational Study (Preprint)
  73. Pilot randomised clinical trial of an eHealth, self-management support intervention (iVERVE) for stroke: feasibility assessment in survivors 12–24 months post-event
  74. Process evaluation of an implementation trial to improve the triage, treatment and transfer of stroke patients in emergency departments (T3 trial): a qualitative study
  75. Feedback of patient-reported outcomes to healthcare professionals for comparing health service performance: a scoping review
  76. Real world implementation of a group-based memory rehabilitation program into stroke services: A knowledge translation evaluation
  77. Changes in the prevalence of chronic disability in China: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study
  78. Assuming one dose per day yields a similar estimate of medication adherence in patients with stroke: An exploratory analysis using linked registry data
  79. Acute Hospital Admission for Stroke Is Characterised by Inactivity
  80. Improving economic evaluations in stroke: A report from the ESO Health Economics Working Group
  81. Establishment of an internationally agreed minimum data set for acute telestroke
  82. Comparing face-to-face and videoconference completion of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in community-based survivors of stroke
  83. What is known about the cost-effectiveness of neuropsychological interventions for individuals with acquired brain injury? A scoping review
  84. Nurses’ Role in Implementing and Sustaining Acute Telemedicine: A Mixed‐Methods, Pre‐Post Design Using an Extended Technology Acceptance Model
  85. Constraint-induced or multi-modal personalized aphasia rehabilitation (COMPARE): A randomized controlled trial for stroke-related chronic aphasia
  86. Effectiveness of a manualised group training intervention for memory dysfunction following stroke: a series of single case studies
  87. Chest infection within 30 days of acute stroke, associated factors, survival and the benefits of stroke unit care: Analysis using linked data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry
  88. Outcomes for Patients With In-Hospital Stroke: A Multicenter Study From the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR)
  89. Changes in acute hospital costs after employing clinical facilitators to improve stroke care in Victoria, Australia
  90. The International comparison of Systems of care and patient outcomes In minor Stroke and Tia (InSIST) study: A community-based cohort study
  91. Vital sign monitoring following stroke associated with 90-day independence: A secondary analysis of the QASC cluster randomized trial
  92. Is length of time in a stroke unit associated with better outcomes for patients with stroke in Australia? An observational study
  93. Stroke survivor follow-up in a national registry: Lessons learnt from respondents who completed telephone interviews
  94. Statistical analysis plan (SAP) for the Very Early Rehabilitation in Speech (VERSE) after stroke trial: an international 3-arm clinical trial to determine the effectiveness of early, intensive, prescribed, direct aphasia therapy
  95. Sustainable implementation of innovative, technology-based health care practices: A qualitative case study from stroke telemedicine
  96. Understanding the potential for yoga and tai chi interventions to moderate risk factors for stroke – a scoping review
  97. A mixed-methods study to explore opinions of research translation held by researchers working in a Centre of Research Excellence in Australia
  98. Factors influencing self-reported anxiety or depression following stroke or TIA using linked registry and hospital data
  99. Feasibility and effectiveness of computerised cognitive training for memory dysfunction following stroke: A series of single case studies
  100. Risk factors for the development of chest infections in acute stroke: a systematic review
  101. Development of an electronic health message system to support recovery after stroke: Inspiring Virtual Enabled Resources following Vascular Events (iVERVE)
  102. Stroke care in Africa: A systematic review of the literature
  103. Systematic review of clinical practice guidelines to identify recommendations for rehabilitation after stroke and other acquired brain injuries
  104. How to do health services research in stroke: A focus on performance measurement and quality improvement
  105. Influence of stroke coordinators on delivery of acute stroke care and hospital outcomes: An observational study
  106. Transitioning from a single-site pilot project to a state-wide regional telehealth service: The experience from the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine programme
  107. Improving quality and outcomes of stroke care in hospitals: Protocol and statistical analysis plan for the Stroke123 implementation study
  108. Global stroke statistics: An update of mortality data from countries using a broad code of “cerebrovascular diseases”
  109. Improving discharge care: the potential of a new organisational intervention to improve discharge after hospitalisation for acute stroke, a controlled before–after pilot study
  110. Benefits of clinical facilitators on improving stroke care in acute hospitals: a new programme for Australia
  111. Effectiveness of a shared team approach between nurses and doctors for improved risk factor management in survivors of stroke: a cluster randomized controlled trial
  112. The potential health and economic impact of improving stroke care standards for Australia
  113. Testing a systematic approach to identify and prioritise barriers to successful implementation of a complex healthcare intervention
  114. Global stroke epidemiology
  115. Identifying the barriers and enablers for a triage, treatment, and transfer clinical intervention to manage acute stroke patients in the emergency department: a systematic review using the theoretical domains framework (TDF)
  116. Nurse-Led Intervention to Improve Knowledge of Medications in Survivors of Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
  117. Exploring the benefits of a stroke telemedicine programme: An organisational and societal perspective
  118. Triage, treatment and transfer of patients with stroke in emergency department trial (the T3 Trial): a cluster randomised trial protocol
  119. Better outcomes for hospitalized patients with TIA when in stroke units: An observational studyAuthor Response
  120. Addressing the challenges of cross-jurisdictional data linkage between a national clinical quality registry and government-held health data
  121. Telemedicine expedites access to optimal acute stroke care
  122. Application of the World Stroke Organization health system indicators and performance in Australia, Singapore, and the USA
  123. Lifetime direct costs of stroke for indigenous patients adjusted for comorbidities
  124. Improved in-hospital outcomes and care for patients in stroke research
  125. Maximizing Patient Recruitment and Retention in a Secondary Stroke Prevention Clinical Trial: Lessons Learned from the STAND FIRM Study
  126. A randomized controlled trial of very early rehabilitation in speech after stroke
  127. Better outcomes for hospitalized patients with TIA when in stroke units
  128. How is the sustainability of chronic disease health programmes empirically measured in hospital and related healthcare services?—a scoping review
  129. From QASC to QASCIP: successful Australian translational scale-up and spread of a proven intervention in acute stroke using a prospective pre-test/post-test study design
  130. Improving stroke knowledge through a ‘volunteer-led’ community education program in Australia
  131. Is health-related quality of life between 90 and 180 days following stroke associated with long-term unmet needs?
  132. Do cognitive, language, or physical impairments affect participation in a trial of self-management programs for stroke?
  133. National stroke registries for monitoring and improving the quality of hospital care: A systematic review
  134. Personalized medicine and stroke prevention: where are we?
  135. Use of continuous intrathecal baclofen in hereditary spastic paraplegia
  136. Education-only versus a multifaceted intervention for improving assessment of rehabilitation needs after stroke; a cluster randomised trial
  137. Inequities in access to rehabilitation: exploring how acute stroke unit clinicians decide who to refer to rehabilitation
  138. Telemedicine in the acute health setting: A disruptive innovation for specialists (an example from stroke)
  139. Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Project: implementation of a new model of translational stroke care for Australia
  140. Is telemedicine helping or hindering the delivery of stroke thrombolysis in rural areas? A qualitative analysis
  141. Readmissions after stroke: linked data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry and hospital databases
  142. The health and economic benefits of reducing intimate partner violence: an Australian example
  143. The relationship between caregiver impacts and the unmet needs of survivors of stroke
  144. Potential cost-savings may be considerable with management of hypertension according to updated US hypertension guidelines, but for women aged 35–44 years these benefits are unlikely
  145. Rehabilitation Assessments for Patients With Stroke in Australian Hospitals Do Not Always Reflect the Patients' Rehabilitation Requirements
  146. New Strategy to Reduce the Global Burden of Stroke
  147. Statistical analysis plan (SAP) for Shared Team Approach between Nurses and Doctors For Improved Risk Factor Management (STANDFIRM): a randomised controlled trial
  148. Barriers and Enablers to Implementing Clinical Treatment Protocols for Fever, Hyperglycaemia, and Swallowing Dysfunction in the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Project-A Mixed Methods Study
  149. Reply from Lynch et al . to letter from Vedpathak and Shah regarding ‘when should physical rehabilitation commence after stroke: A systematic review’
  150. Is nonadmission-based care for TIA patients cost-effective?
  151. Comparison of two methods for assessing diabetes risk in a pharmacy setting in Australia
  152. Long-Term Costs of Stroke Using 10-Year Longitudinal Data From the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study
  153. Randomized Controlled Trial of Early Rehabilitation After Intracerebral Hemorrhage Stroke
  154. Understanding Long-Term Unmet Needs in Australian Survivors of Stroke
  155. Experience with scaling up the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine programme
  156. Implementation of evidence-based stroke care: enablers, barriers, and the role of facilitators
  157. Response to Letter Regarding Article, “Does Abnormal Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern Really Matter in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke?”
  158. Evidence-to-practice gaps in post-stroke management: a focus on care in a stroke unit and anticoagulation to prevent death, disability and recurrent stroke
  159. Effect of Telestroke on Emergent Stroke Care and Stroke Outcomes
  160. Pathways to enhancing the quality of stroke care through national data monitoring systems for hospitals
  161. When should physical rehabilitation commence after stroke: a systematic review
  162. Does Abnormal Circadian Blood Pressure Pattern Really Matter in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack or Minor Stroke?
  163. Interdisciplinary Team Interactions in Stroke Units: Can Team Dynamics Influence Patient Outcomes from a Clinician’s Perspective
  164. Estimating the annual number of strokes and the issue of imperfect data: an example from Australia
  165. Global stroke statistics
  166. Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC): Process Evaluation of an Intervention to Improve the Management of Fever, Hyperglycemia, and Swallowing Dysfunction following Acute Stroke
  167. Are Patients with Intracerebral Haemorrhage Disadvantaged in Hospitals?
  168. Pathways to enhancing the quality of stroke care through national data monitoring systems for hospitals
  169. Management of Fever, Hyperglycemia, and Swallowing Dysfunction following Hospital Admission for Acute Stroke in New South Wales, Australia
  170. Establishment of an Effective Acute Stroke Telemedicine Program for Australia: Protocol for the Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Project
  171. Australian Public's Awareness of Stroke Warning Signs Improves After National Multimedia Campaigns
  172. Evaluation of Rural Stroke Services: Does Implementation of Coordinators and Pathways Improve Care in Rural Hospitals?
  173. Telephone follow-up was more expensive but more efficient than postal in a national stroke registry
  174. Outcomes for people with atrial fibrillation in an Australian national audit of stroke care
  175. Factors Associated With 28-Day Hospital Readmission After Stroke in Australia
  176. The Know Your Numbers (KYN) Program 2008 to 2010: Impact on Knowledge and Health Promotion Behavior among Participants
  177. The Prevalence, Impact and Economic Implications of Atrial Fibrillation in Stroke: What Progress Has Been Made?
  178. Risk Factor Management in Survivors of Stroke: A Double-Blind, Cluster-Randomized, Controlled Trial
  179. Is There Evidence That Performance Measurement in Stroke Has Influenced Health Policy and Changes to Health Systems?
  180. A plea for the use of systematic review methodology when writing guidelines and timely publication of guidelines
  181. Stroke survivor and carer perspectives of the concept of recovery: a qualitative study
  182. The economics of atrial fibrillation: a time for review and prioritization
  183. The Economic Gains of Achieving Reduced Alcohol Consumption Targets for Australia
  184. Organization of Care
  185. Adherence to Clinical Guidelines Improves Patient Outcomes in Australian Audit of Stroke Rehabilitation Practice
  186. Organized Blood Pressure Control Programs to Prevent Stroke in Australia
  187. Hospital Management and Outcomes of Stroke in Indigenous Australians: Evidence from the 2009 Acute Care National Stroke Audit
  188. Implementation of evidence-based treatment protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia, and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke (QASC): a cluster randomised controlled trial
  189. The societal benefits of reducing six behavioural risk factors: an economic modelling study from Australia
  190. Excess Risk of Stroke in Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Populations
  191. A Phase II Multicentered, Single-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Stroke Self-Management Program
  192. Metropolitan-rural divide for stroke outcomes: do stroke units make a difference?
  193. Economic Benefits of Achieving Realistic Smoking Cessation Targets in Australia
  194. The economic benefits of reducing physical inactivity: an Australian example
  195. Feasibility of a Pilot Programme to Increase Awareness of Blood Pressure as an Important Risk Factor for Stroke in Australia
  196. Death, dependency and health status 90 days following hospital admission for acute stroke in NSW
  197. Identification of a reliable subset of process indicators for clinical audit in stroke care: an example from Australia
  198. Protocol and Pilot Data for Establishing the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry
  199. National Stroke Audit: The Australian experience
  200. Absolute risk representation in cardiovascular disease prevention: comprehension and preferences of health care consumers and general practitioners involved in a focus group study
  201. The health loss from ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage: evidence from the North East Melbourne Stroke Incidence Study (NEMESIS)
  202. DALYs and Public Health Programs for Stroke: Australian Perspectives
  203. Hypertension and TIA
  204. The implementation of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute ischaemic stroke - a scientific position statement from the National Stroke Foundation and the Stroke Society of Australasia
  205. Systematic Review of Process Indicators: Including Early Rehabilitation Interventions Used to Measure Quality of Acute Stroke Care
  206. ‘Getting your Life Back on Track after Stroke’: A Phase II Multi-Centered, Single-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Stroke Self-Management Program Vs. the Stanford Chronic Condition Self-Management Program or Standard Care ...
  207. Fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction management in acute stroke: A cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge transfer
  208. Estimating the Long-Term Costs Of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke for Australia
  209. Telestroke in Stroke Survivors
  210. Improvements in the quality of care and health outcomes with new stroke care units following implementation of a clinician-led, health system redesign programme in New South Wales, Australia
  211. Stroke Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Perspectives
  212. Psychological Distress and Social Support in Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors
  213. Editorial
  214. Estimating the Prevalence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Community-Based, Long-Term Stroke Survivors Using a Validated Predictive Model
  215. Why invest in a national public health program for stroke?
  216. Managing a stroke unit: an example from Australia with an emphasis on nursing roles
  217. Economic Evaluation of Australian Stroke Services
  218. Access to stroke care units in Australian public hospitals: facts and temporal progress
  219. Development and application of Model of Resource Utilization, Costs, and Outcomes for Stroke (MORUCOS): An Australian economic model for stroke
  220. Sleep disordered breathing in chronic stroke survivors. A study of the long term follow-up of the SCOPES cohort using home based polysomnography
  221. Multicenter Comparison of Processes of Care Between Stroke Units and Conventional Care Wards in Australia
  222. How should stroke services be organised?
  223. How should stroke services be organised?