The goal of this observational study is to learn about quality of life, stress and caregiver burden in patients with stroke and their caregivers.
The main question is:
• to discover the factors associated with quality of life and stress in patient-caregiver dyads.
Participants will be asked to fill out questionnaires and agree to provide a hair sample (in order to measure stress hormones in hair) and consent to use of their routine clinical and laboratory data.
Researchers will compare a group of participants without stroke to establish a comparable baseline.
over 18 years old
No previous stroke OR previous stroke >3 years ago
No significant disability (maximum mRS 1)
ambulatory patients at the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ), Dept. of Neurology
over 18 years old
Patients diagnosed with either transient ischemic attack, ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage and their caregivers
Caregiver of a patient as described above, age over 18 years
Hospitalized or ambulatory patients at the University Hospital of Zurich (USZ) included within 28 days from event.