Personalized Patient and Caregiver Education After Stroke
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stroke, Acute
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Enrollment
- 120
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief 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.
Investigators
Christopher Favilla
Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Pennsylvania
Eligibility Criteria
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey
Time Frame: Day 90
Validated measure of stroke patient education as it pertains to their stroke etiology and risk factors with scores of 0-10
Patient satisfaction survey
Time Frame: Day 90
Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education they received.
Stroke etiology awareness
Time Frame: Day 90
accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)
EuroQOL-VAS
Time Frame: Day 90
validated quality of life metric, with scores of 0-100
Secondary Outcomes
- SPER, 30 days(Day 30)
- Stroke etiology awareness(Day 30)
- Stroke risk factor awareness. 7 days(Day 7)
- Stroke risk factor awareness, 30 days(Day 30)
- Stroke risk factor awareness, 90 days(Day 90)
- Stroke prevention med awareness, 7 days(Day 7)
- Stroke prevention med awareness, 30 days(Day 30)
- Stroke prevention med awareness, 90 days(Day 90)
- Patient satisfaction, 7 days(Day 7)
- Patient satisfaction, 30 days(Day 30)
- SPER, 7 days(Day 7)