REACT AGAINST STROKE
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stroke
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
- Enrollment
- 2649
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Increase the number of calls to EMS (French call number 15) for stroke
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Acute stroke management represents a true medical emergency that requires prompt diagnosis and urgent treatment. In a previous exhaustive cohort study conducted in the Rhône region, France (AVC69) the investigators observed that only a small percentage of patients could access to thrombolysis in time. In this cohort of 1306 patients treated in one of the emergency department of the Rhone region for a suspected stroke, 84% of patients reached hospital through an emergency department instead of going directly to a stroke unit. Among those patients, only 8% were finally thrombolysed, because of extended management times.. Our hypothesis was that public awareness campaign designed to improve public's knowledge and skills would consequently reduce prehospital time and favour call to prehospital emergency medical services (EMS).
The investigators will conduct an awareness campaign aimed at the general population, using different communication media, the content will be developed based on the results of a qualitative study with focus groups (Quali-AVC), and using a diffusion plan established with communications professionals. To assess the effects of this campaign, a comparative quasi-experimental before-after study will be conducted. A control region where no awareness stroke program has been set up has been selected, data will be collected in the two regions. The assessment of the impact of the campaign will focus on the comparison of the evolution of indicators between these two regions. Three assessment time will be provided: before starting the program, at 3 months and at the end of the program.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All adult patients calling EMS for suspected stroke identified by at least one symptom among face paralysis, limb paralysis or speech disorder (FAST positive)
Exclusion Criteria
- •age below 18
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Increase the number of calls to EMS (French call number 15) for stroke
Time Frame: 24 hours
Comparison between the two regions of the changing number of calls to EMS for suspected stroke between 1 month before the start of campaign and 12 months after campaign. Calls to EMS for suspicion of stroke will be collected over a period of 60 consecutive days at each assessment period. Suspicion of stroke will be defined as the presence of a positive test FAST, which mean at least one of the three symptoms: Face, Arm or Speech disability, identified by phone by the EMS triage officer or emergency physician.
Secondary Outcomes
- increase in the number of calls to EMS for stroke within 3 hours after symptoms onset(3 hours)
- Knowledge of the general population about stroke(12 months)
- recognition of the need to immediately call EMS when faced with stroke suspicion(12 months)
- reduction of the time between symptoms and call to EMS for suspected stroke(24 hours)