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Screening and patient-tailored care for Emotional and COgnitive problems in patients discharged home after ischemic stroke (ECO-stroke)

Recruiting
Conditions
ischemic stroke, after-care, societal participation, quality of life, cost-benefit analysis, cognition, emotionberoerte, herseninfarct, CVA-nazorg, nazorg, (maatschappelijke) participatie, kosteneffectitiveit, cognitie, emotie
Registration Number
NL-OMON28988
Lead Sponsor
OLVG Amsterdam
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
516
Inclusion Criteria

clinical diagnosis of ischemic stroke as diagnosed by a neurologist after anamnesis, neurological examination and CT-brain or MRI-brain;
- signs and symptoms resolve sufficiently to discharge subjects to their homes without the need for inpatient rehabilitation or follow-up care at the physiatry outpatient clinics.

Exclusion Criteria

- age below 18 years;
- any serious comorbidity that 1) presumably interferes with the study outcomes (e.g. a psychiatric disorder wherefore supervision of an psychiatrist is needed), 2) has a progressive course (e.g. cancer, multiple sclerosis, and a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment or dementia) or 3) has a life expectancy of less than 6 months;
- transient ischemic attack defined as symptoms of a stroke that last less than 24 hours and are not accompanied with ischemic lesions in the corresponding vascular territory on CT-scan or MRI;
- hemorrhagic stroke;
- unable to understand questionnaires due to insufficient Dutch language proficiency or aphasia based on clinical judgement; ;
- legally incompetent adults;
- no informed consent.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The primary outcome will be the level of participation measured with the Restriction subscale of the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation on the level of Participation (USER-P Restriction) at 1 year.
Secondary Outcome Measures
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