Understanding the Need and Feasibility of Transitional Care Training Program Among Family Caregivers of Geriatric Stroke Survivors in Pakistan

Khyber Medical University Peshawar

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Stroke Hemorrhagic; Stroke, Ischemic

Treatments: Behavioral: Transitional Care Training Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06341881

KMU/DIR/CTU/2024/006

KMU-CTU-2024-2001 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main intention of the study is to understand the need and feasibility of transitional care training program among family caregivers of geriatric stroke survivors in Pakistan

Full description

The purpose of the study is to explore the training needs of family caregivers of caring their elderly stroke patients at homes in Pakistan. Secondly the study aims to develop transitional care training program based on the identified needs for family caregivers of geriatric stroke survivors. Furthermore; the study intends to evaluate the feasibility/efficacy of transitional care training program among family caregivers of geriatric stroke survivors.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Family caregivers of both genders geriatric stroke survivors will be included
• Family caregivers who care patients both with the Ischemic/hemorrhagic stroke
• Caregivers who have taken care of the patient at least with 1-time hospitalization
• Family caregivers who have taken care for at least 1-weeks at home.

Exclusion criteria

• Family Caregivers who are not willing to participate in the study
• Caregivers who has taken with any training regarding the stroke transitional care

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

A total of 30 participants would be exposed to the nursing care training (intervention) randomly.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Transitional Care Training Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

A sample of 30 study participants would not be exposed to the training and would be kept in the control group. They would be a group who would receive usual care and routine awareness by their health care professionals.