NCT05183672

Improving Post-acute Stroke Follow-up Care by Adopting Telecare Consultations in a Nurse-led Clinic

Improving Post-acute Stroke Follow-up Care by Adopting Telecare Consultations in a Nurse-led Clinic During COVID-19 and Beyond: A Hybrid Type 2 Implementation-effectiveness Randomized Trial

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 196 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Since 2017, Hong Kong has provided post-acute stroke services in clinics operated by stroke advanced practice nurses (APNs). Currently, the applicability of the clinics has been further limited by the emergence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic due to restrictions on visits to the clinics and tightened social distancing requirements. Telecare consultations may be a viable option for contributing more flexible, interactive, and cost-efficient care models to support stroke survivors over the longer run. The present study takes advantage of this opportunity by utilizing implementation science to simultaneously implement and evaluate a telecare model of care in a nurse-led post-acute stroke clinic.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Telecare consultation	Using Zoom to communicate with patients
PROCEDURE	Usual face-to-face consultation	Face-to-face communication with patients

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-12-01
• Primary completion: 2025-10-30
• Completion: 2025-12-30
• First posted: 2022-01-10
• Last updated: 2025-09-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong