Quality of Life and Rehabilitation Pathway in Northern Norway and Denmark.

University Hospital of North Norway

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Quality of Life

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02369055

SFP1174-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to analyze and describe rehabilitation pathways of stroke patients in a region of North Norway and Central Denmark Region in relation to how patients perceive quality of life, health and functioning one year post stroke.

The study will consist of 1) Translate, cross-cultural adapt and validate a stroke-specific health-related questionnaire 2) Describe the level of quality of life and rehabilitation pathway in the two countries 3) In-depth interviews of a smaller group of patients for a more complex understanding

The study is part of a larger prospective observational multicenter-study of two patient cohorts with stroke.

Full description

Anticipated: 500 patients from Norway and 500 patients from Denmark are included in the national stroke-register datasets, and 250 patients from each country in the questionnaire-based datasets.

The questionnaire includes demographic data, the Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QOL) scale, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), The EuroQol Quality of Life scale (EQ-5D), the EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS), the Quality of Life After Brain Injury, Overall Scale QOLIBRI-OS, modified Rankin Scale (mRS), and additional questions about satisfaction on treatment and rehabilitation.

5-6 patients from each country will be selected for semi-structured interviews with both priori questions and exploratory questions.

The mixing of methods will balance the goals of generality and complex understanding in how patients describe their quality of life and rehabilitation-chain.

Enrollment: 369 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

All patients admitted to the hospitals; UNN Tromso,Harstad, Narvik (Norway) and Aarhus (Denmark).

Exclusion criteria

Unverified stroke and residence outside of the studyregion.

Trial design

369 participants in 2 patient groups

Stroke survivors in North Norway

Description:

Patients with ischemic or heamorrhagic stroke admitted to stroke units in UNN Tromso, Narvik or Harstad (Norway), and living in the defined geographic area of these 3 hospitals.

Stroke survivors in Denmark

Description:

Patients with ischemic og heamorrhagic stroke admitted to a stroke unit in Aarhus University Hospital and living in the municipalities of Randars or Favrskov in Central Denmark Region