The systematic assessment of pre-existing dementia is conducted within 48 hours of stroke onset by French or Japanese translations of the short version of the IQCODE. Patients who are already followed-up by a neurologist and diagnosed as demented before stroke are classified as previously demented irrespective of the IQCODE score. Patients who cannot have an IQCODE but have a MMSE score of 30 before discharge are classified as cognitively normal. Patients who cannot have an IQCODE and have a MMSE score of 29 or less are not eligible.