NCT07319312

Evaluating the Effect of Nurse-Led Stroke Transitional Care in Tanzania

Evaluating the Clinical Effectiveness and Implementation Outcomes of Nurse-Led Stroke Transitional Care Model in Tanzania

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 130 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shandong University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to assess the effects of nurse-led stroke transitional care in stroke survivors, caregivers and healthcare providers who participate in nurse-led stroke transitional care program to improve discharge preparedness, disease self-management and quality of life among stroke survivors. The main question it aims to answer is: does nurse-led stroke transitional care program improve discharge preparedness, disease self-management and quality of life among stroke survivors? Participants are currently participating in nurse-led stroke transitional care program as part of their medical care. Stroke survivors and their caregivers will be followed for six months period to assess their transitional care quality and clinical outcome measures.

Conditions

• Stroke Acute
• Stroke (CVA) or Transient Ischemic Attack

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nurse-led stroke transitional care program	Participants in intervention group will receive usual care plus nurse-led stroke transitional care. Two nurse champions will conduct the face-to-face sessions while other two nurse researchers will conduct the telephone call sessions between August and December, 2025. During hospitalization, the two nurse champions will conduct five face-to-face sessions (2 individual sessions at admission; and at discharge), and three group sessions with 2-4 dyads of patients and caregivers. After hospitalization, two nurse researchers will conduct seven follow-up sessions for three months via phone calls at day 3, week 1, week 3, week 5, week 7, week 9, and week 11. The face-to-face sessions and phone call sessions will take 40-60 minutes and 20-30 minutes respectively

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-08-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-25
• Completion: 2026-03-30
• First posted: 2026-01-06
• Last updated: 2026-01-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tanzania