A Study of the Efficacy of the Code Stroke in Spain (QICS)

Miguel Hernández University of Elche

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke, Acute

Treatments: Procedure: Code Stroke

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02647957

489/2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

Code Stroke is a system for the rapid identification, pre-notification and transport of acute ischemic stroke patients. The objective of this study was to define quality indicators and to compare treatment outcomes in hospitals where Code Stroke has been implemented and hospitals without the use of Code Stroke (control patients).

Full description

In a first step qualitative technique has been conducted to define treatment quality indicators of acute ischemic stroke patients. In a second step a prospective study is conducted to collect data of 240 inpatients from two groups of hospitals. Two hospitals applying Code Stroke (N= 120) and four hospitals non-applying Code Stroke procedure (N=120). A consecutive sampling method will be conducted. Inclusion criteria: acute ischemic stroke patients treated in the hospitals during the field study. The referral to the hospital could be from primary care, Emergency Unit of other hospital. Patients will enroll after inform consent.

A Singer-blind- research method will applied. Quality indicators defined in the first phase will be applied and comparisons will be realized using ANOVA.

Enrollment: 240 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• acute ischemic stroke in-patients

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who refuse participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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240 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A

Experimental group

Description:

Hospital using Code Stroke

Treatment:

Procedure: Code Stroke

Group B

No Intervention group

Description:

Hospital not using Code Stroke