Patient Education Following a Stroke

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke
• Interventions: Behavioral: stroke education workshops

• Registration Number: NCT02834273
• Lead Sponsor: Hopital Foch

Brief Summary

The rapid diagnosis and treatment of acute ischemic stroke are critical in the reduction of morbidity, disability and stroke associated mortality Under-education about stroke may prevent people from recognizing symptoms early enough to seek immediate care.

The studies reported on stroke patients managed in stroke center have shown that 39-42% of patients could not name any symptoms of stroke and 36% to 43% no risk factor of stroke.

The stroke patients are therefore a population at high risk for neurological events and cardiac vascular recurrence. However, no studies have evaluated the interest of the development of therapeutic workshops in stroke unit to educate patients about symptoms suggestive of stroke, risk factors and what to do in cases of stroke.

Investigators assume that the setting up of a therapeutic education workshop in the stroke unit may allow a better understanding of the symptoms, risk factors and what to do following stroke. So there is a direct benefit to the patient represented by a better knowledge of stroke (warning signs, risk factors, what to do), improved treatment compliance and reduced risk of recurrence.

More generally, there is a real benefit to promote these messages to the public through the patient and his relatives

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted: 2016-06-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-07-12
• Study First Posted: 2016-07-15
• Primary Completion: 2016-08
• Study Completion: 2016-08
• Status Verified: 2017-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-11-30
• Last Update Posted: 2017-12-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 199

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients older than 18 years.
• Diagnosis of ischemic stroke;
• Patients with back home or shorter rehabilitation;
• Patients affiliated to a social security scheme;
• Patients who consented to participate in writing.

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Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with cognitive disorders, vigilance, aphasia.
• Patients institutionalized.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Therapeutic Workshop	stroke education workshops	Therapeutic Workshop (patients following therapeutic education workshops during their hospitalization)

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Questionnaire EPIC score	3 months	The questionnaire score will concern knowledge of stroke risk factors, alert symptoms and what to do : 1 point by quoted risk factor, 2 points by quoted symptom and 3 by quoted conduct

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Blood pressure	12 months
LDL-C	12 months
Body Mass Index	12 months
Smoking intoxication	12 months
Recurrent stroke	12 months
Compliance to treatments	12 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hopital Foch; 🇫🇷 Suresnes, France