Personalized Patient and Caregiver Education After Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Personalized Patient and Caregiver Education After Stroke

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05118503
• Other study ID #: 833723
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 20, 2021
• Est. completion date: April 2, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: October 2023
• Source: University of Pennsylvania
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is a randomized pilot trial to evaluate the impact of a customizable stroke education app (vs standard of care discharge education) on patient satisfaction and education retention. The impact of the intervention will be assessed 7, 30, and 90 days post-discharge.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 120
• Est. completion date: April 2, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: April 2, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admitted for ischemic stroke
• At least 18 years old
• Patient or caregiver has access to a smart phone, tablet or computer
• Being discharged to either home or acute rehab

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient or caregivers unable or unwilling to access the customized app with a smartphone, tablet, or computer
• Being discharged to a skilled nursing facility
• moderate-to-severe aphasia at the time of enrollment (as per NIHSS scoring) if patient is being enrolled without a caregiver

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ischemic Stroke
• Stroke
• Stroke, Acute
• Stroke, Ischemic

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Customized education
Half of subjects will receive access to a customized app that will include brief educational videos that have been selected for each patient based on their medical history. These videos will address stroke etiology, underlying risk factors, and stroke prevention medications.
• Standard of care discharge education
Half of subjects will be randomized to receive typical discharge education, per the institutional guidelines for standard of care education for stroke patients.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pennsylvania

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Patient satisfaction survey	Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education they received.	Day 90
Primary	Stroke etiology awareness	accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 90
Primary	Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey	Validated measure of stroke patient education as it pertains to their stroke etiology and risk factors with scores of 0-10	Day 90
Primary	EuroQOL-VAS	validated quality of life metric, with scores of 0-100	Day 90
Secondary	Stroke etiology awareness	accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 7
Secondary	Stroke etiology awareness	accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 30
Secondary	Stroke risk factor awareness. 7 days	accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 7
Secondary	Stroke risk factor awareness, 30 days	accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 30
Secondary	Stroke risk factor awareness, 90 days	accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 90
Secondary	Stroke prevention med awareness, 7 days	accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 7
Secondary	Stroke prevention med awareness, 30 days	accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 30
Secondary	Stroke prevention med awareness, 90 days	accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)	Day 90
Secondary	Patient satisfaction, 7 days	Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education	Day 7
Secondary	Patient satisfaction, 30 days	Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education	Day 30
Secondary	SPER, 7 days	Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey	Day 7
Secondary	SPER, 30 days	Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey	Day 30