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  "abstract": "Background\n\nPost-stroke cognitive impairment drives long-term disability, yet cognitive deficits are rarely systematically screened in clinical practice or trials. The Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) is an established, brief, stroke-specific bedside tool. We present the Hungarian version (OCS-HU) to establish normative data and characterise performance in acute stroke survivors, to enable routine screening.Methods\n\nIn a prospective, multicenter cross-sectional study, 106 healthy controls and 124 acute stroke survivors completed the OCS-HU within three weeks post-stroke. Normative 5th/95th percentile cut-offs derived from controls were compared with UK normative data. OCS-HU performance was subsequently compared between Hungarian controls and acute stroke survivors.Results\n\nThe stroke cohort (68.21 ± 12.41 years) presented with a predominantly mild clinical profile (mean NIHSS: 5.15 ± 3.96; mRS: 2.47 ± 1.49). Hungarian controls (59.61 ± 12.30 years) were younger (p = 0.013) and had lower educational attainment (p < 0.001). Controlling for demographic differences, subtests demonstrated comparable normative performance, allowing retention of original UK cut-offs across most domains with minor linguistic adaptations. Minor control performance differences reflected demographic variations in age and education rather than recruitment bias. Stroke patients performed significantly worse than controls on 10 of 14 assessed measures (p < 0.001). Nonsignificant differences in the broken hearts test, semantics, and praxis reflect the mild cohortseverity and control error variance.Conclusions\n\nWe establishes local normative reference data and characterised OCS-HU performance in acute stroke survivors, providing a foundation for its clinical and research application to improve deficit recognition, highlight unmet rehabilitation needs, and complement standard functional outcome measures.",
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    "Semmelweis University, Department of Neurology, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Semmelweis University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Voice, Speech and Swallowing Therapy, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.",
    "Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital and Clinic, Department of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Doctoral School of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Institute of Psychology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary.",
    "Department of Neurology, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital, Budapest, Hungary."
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  "title": "The Hungarian version of the oxford cognitive screen (OCS-HU): Normative data and comparison of mild stroke to neurologically healthy adults.",
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