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NCT Number: NCT05118503

Personalized Patient and Caregiver Education After Stroke

This is a randomized pilot trial to evaluate the impact of a customizable stroke education app (vs standard of care discharge education) on patient satisfaction and education retention. The impact of the intervention will be assessed 7, 30, and 90 days post-discharge.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke, Acute Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Ischemic Stroke Nervous System Diseases Stroke Stroke, Ischemic Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Admitted for ischemic stroke
  • At least 18 years old
  • Patient or caregiver has access to a smart phone, tablet or computer
  • Being discharged to either home or acute rehab

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient or caregivers unable or unwilling to access the customized app with a smartphone, tablet, or computer
  • Being discharged to a skilled nursing facility
  • moderate-to-severe aphasia at the time of enrollment (as per NIHSS scoring) if patient is being enrolled without a caregiver

Treatment and study plan

Customized education

Behavioral

Half of subjects will receive access to a customized app that will include brief educational videos that have been selected for each patient based on their medical history. These videos will address stroke etiology, underlying risk factors, and stroke prevention medications.

Standard of care discharge education

Behavioral

Half of subjects will be randomized to receive typical discharge education, per the institutional guidelines for standard of care education for stroke patients.

Primary outcomes

  1. Patient satisfaction survey

    Time frame: Day 90

    Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education they received.

  2. Stroke etiology awareness

    Time frame: Day 90

    accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  3. Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey

    Time frame: Day 90

    Validated measure of stroke patient education as it pertains to their stroke etiology and risk factors with scores of 0-10

  4. EuroQOL-VAS

    Time frame: Day 90

    validated quality of life metric, with scores of 0-100

Secondary outcomes

  1. Stroke etiology awareness

    Time frame: Day 7

    accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  2. Stroke etiology awareness

    Time frame: Day 30

    accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  3. Stroke risk factor awareness. 7 days

    Time frame: Day 7

    accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  4. Stroke risk factor awareness, 30 days

    Time frame: Day 30

    accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  5. Stroke risk factor awareness, 90 days

    Time frame: Day 90

    accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  6. Stroke prevention med awareness, 7 days

    Time frame: Day 7

    accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  7. Stroke prevention med awareness, 30 days

    Time frame: Day 30

    accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  8. Stroke prevention med awareness, 90 days

    Time frame: Day 90

    accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

  9. Patient satisfaction, 7 days

    Time frame: Day 7

    Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education

  10. Patient satisfaction, 30 days

    Time frame: Day 30

    Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education

  11. SPER, 7 days

    Time frame: Day 7

    Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey

  12. SPER, 30 days

    Time frame: Day 30

    Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pennsylvania

Other

Registry information

Acronym: MyStroke

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Nov 12, 2021
Registry last updated
Oct 26, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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