NCT02591511

Effects of Patient-centered Stroke Educating System: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of Health-education Application on Improving Stroke-related Knowledge and Health Related Quality of Life in Patients With Stroke: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taipei Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to establish PAtient-Centered Computerized Educating System for Stroke (PACCESS) for patients with different demands and lack of knowledge.Those in the intervention group will receive the PACCESS and the control groups will receive traditional health education to test the effects of PACCESS in increasing clinical decision-making, health behavior, activities of daily living and knowledge of stroke, and health care quality.

Detailed description

To prevent recurrent stroke and improve the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients with stroke, education regarding the risk factors of recurrent stroke is a crucial part of effective care for patients with stroke. The aim of this study was to develop an application capable of providing health education for recurrent-stroke prevention. We also examined the effectiveness of this app for improving stroke-related knowledge and HRQOL in patients with stroke.

Conditions

• Health Education

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	smart phone and pad	Smart phone and pad is the mobile include the smart phone and pad, that can download the APP from internet.
OTHER	stroke-related health education manual	stroke-related health education manual is the manual mainly contained information regarding the prevention of stroke risk factors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-10-01
• Primary completion: 2016-10-01
• Completion: 2016-10-01
• First posted: 2015-10-29
• Last updated: 2018-09-14
• Results posted: 2018-09-14