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

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Other: SMART Education

• Registration Number: NCT02346266
• Lead Sponsor: Los Amigos Research and Education Institute

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-11
• Status Verified: 2015-01
• Study First Submitted: 2015-01-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-01-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-01-23
• Study First Posted: 2015-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2015-01-26
• Primary Completion: 2015-06
• Study Completion: 2015-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 480

Inclusion Criteria

• High-school student

Exclusion Criteria

• Not a high-school student

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SMART	SMART Education	The intervention group of school-aged children will receive education 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.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child Improved Stroke Literacy	3 weeks	A school-based stroke literacy program targeting children in grades 9th through 12th will be successful in improving stroke literacy.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adult Improved Stroke Literacy	3 weeks	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.