Follow-up Pilot Study After a First Stroke

Skaraborg Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: As the general practitioner wants to do; Other: Information, further rehabilitation, additional drugs to prevent recurrent stroke

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00976001

VGSKAS-2300

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized follow-up study after discharge from a stroke unit after a first stroke. The patients are randomized either to follow-up at a special out-patient stroke unit or with their general practitioners. The hypothesis is that follow-up with specialists is superior to follow-up with general practitioners. Endpoints are mortality, recurrent stroke and handicap measured with different scales.

Enrollment: 163 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 84 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• first stroke (ischemic or hemorrhagic)
• age below 85 years
• living at home before the stroke

Exclusion criteria

• modified Rankin scale 5 points
• other severe disease
• expected survival less than one year
• severe dementia
• drug or alcohol abuse

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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163 participants in 2 patient groups

Follow-up at an out-patient stroke unit

Other group

Description:

Information, measurement of handicap, further rehabilitation efforts, drug therapy for secondary prevention of stroke.

Treatment:

Other: Information, further rehabilitation, additional drugs to prevent recurrent stroke

Follow-up with the general practitioner

Other group

Treatment:

Other: As the general practitioner wants to do