Pilot study to assess the different options for collecting follow-up survey data, including electronic text messages, from people included in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry.

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Stroke; Transient ischaemic attack (TIA); Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621001431819
• Lead Sponsor: Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-10-22
• Last Update Posted: 24 October 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1008

Inclusion Criteria

All registrants known to be alive with an acute admission entered into the AuSCR for either stroke or TIA at a participating hospital with Human Research Ethics Committee approval to implement the SMS message as part of follow-up data collection. Registrants from metropolitan and regional hospitals in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania will be included.

For the process evaluation semi-structured interviews, only those registrants who have completed follow-up, were randomised to the SMS group and indicated they are interested in participation in future research will be contacted.

Exclusion Criteria

Registrants with demographic data entered by hospitals into the registry >180 days post-admission.
Registrants known to be deceased, or have requested no follow-up, or opted out of the registry.
Registrants without a valid mobile phone number.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Proportion of eligible registrants who complete the follow-up questionnaire assessed by the records completed within the registry database[90-180 days after hospital admission]