SMART (School-aged Children Making Healthy Choices And Recognizing sTroke)

Los Amigos Research and Education Institute

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Other: SMART Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02346266

176

Details and patient eligibility

About

A stroke awareness program for school-aged children to learn the signs/symptoms of stroke, teach their parents and make healthy life-style choices.

Full description

1. To educate school-aged children, grades 9th through 12th on the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arm, Speech and Time) acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for immediate activation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) by calling 911.
2. To improve adults' stroke literacy through educating their children in grades 9th through 12th.

Enrollment: 480 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• High-school student

Exclusion criteria

• Not a high-school student

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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480 participants in 2 patient groups

SMART

Active Comparator group

Description:

The intervention group of school-aged children will receive education on the F.A.S.T. (Face, Arm, Speech and Time) acronym, additional signs and symptoms of stroke and the need for immediate activation of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) by calling 911.

Treatment:

Other: SMART Education

Usual Care

No Intervention group

Description:

This group will not receive stroke education.