SMART (School-aged Children Making Healthy Choices And Recognizing sTroke)

Stroke Clinical Trial

— SMART  

Official title:

SMART (School-aged Children Making Healthy Choices And Recognizing sTroke): A Pilot Trial of a Stroke Awareness Program

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02346266
• Other study ID #: 176
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 20, 2015
• Last updated: January 23, 2015
• Start date: November 2014
• Est. completion date: November 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2015
• Source: Los Amigos Research and Education Institute
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A stroke awareness program for school-aged children to learn the signs/symptoms of stroke, teach their parents and make healthy life-style choices.

Description:

1. To educate school-aged children, grades 9th through 12th on the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arm, Speech and Time) acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for immediate activation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) by calling 911.

2. To improve adults' stroke literacy through educating their children in grades 9th through 12th.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 480
• Est. completion date: November 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 14 Years to 19 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• High-school student

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a high-school student

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Intervention

Other:
• SMART Education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Los Amigos Research and Education Institute

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Child Improved Stroke Literacy	A school-based stroke literacy program targeting children in grades 9th through 12th will be successful in improving stroke literacy.	3 weeks	No
Secondary	Adult Improved Stroke Literacy	If school-aged children, grades 9th through 12th are taught the F.A.S.T. acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the immediate activation of EMS by calling 911, they will improve the stroke literacy of their parents.	3 weeks	No