NCT01466907

Secondary Prevention and Health Promotion After Stroke

Secondary Prevention and Health Promotion After Stroke A Nurse-led Randomized Controlled Open Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 597 (actual)
• Sponsor: Skane University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study was to examine to what extent a one year population of stroke patients at a university hospital had well regulated risk factors and health problems one year after stroke, and if a structured nurse-led previous follow-up in the intervention group including referrals if needed could influence health outcome and risk factors one year after stroke.

Detailed description

The follow-up protocol was categorized into Risk factors, Patients' self-reports, and Other health problems. Referral was sent to a physician if medical interventions were needed regarding risk factors measured above the limits as stated in the follow-up protocol in accordance with guidelines,and/or if any self-reported health problems were stated by the patients, or had been detected by the Specialist Nurse. Primary outcome was comparison between the intervention group and control group at one year after stroke regarding proportion of regulated risk factors, and self-reports on health outcome. Results of the two follow-ups of the intervention group were also compared.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Secondary prevention, supportive counselling	Patients' self-reports on Mobility, Self Care, Usual activities, Pain/Discomfort, Anxiety/Depression, Health Outcome were registered. Health problems were assessed. Secondary prevention was controlled by measuring blood pressure, Cholesterol levels, HbA1c, Weight to estimate nutritional status. Functional status was assessed. Supportive counselling was provided. Referral was sent to physician if medical interventions were needed.
OTHER	Standard care until one year follow-up	No intervention three months after stroke. Assessment one year after stroke and comparison with the intervention group.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-02-01
• Completion: 2010-04-01
• First posted: 2011-11-08
• Last updated: 2014-01-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden