Acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of intermediate care for stroke patients in a rural population, pragmatic randomised trial

ISRCTN	ISRCTN37319631
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN37319631
Secondary identifying numbers	N0055116761

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Enoch Orugun
Scientific

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
West Cumberland Hospital
Whitehaven, Cumbria
CA28 8JG
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1946 693181
Email	olu.orugun@ncumbria-acute.nhs.uk

Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design	Interventional
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)	Hospital
Study type	Treatment
Scientific title	Acceptability, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of intermediate care for stroke patients in a rural population, pragmatic randomised trial
Study objectives	Will intermediate care teams achieve patient outcomes as good as those of conventional care for stroke patients in our population?
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Stroke
Intervention	Pragmatic randomised trial - To use block randomisation with each group with similar severity.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure	1. Physical Component Summary 2. Summaries of the Medical Outcomes study - short form 36 (SF36)
Secondary outcome measures	There are several secondary outcomes
Overall study start date	01/05/2002
Completion date	01/12/2005

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Both
Target number of participants	160 (80 in Research Group and 80 in Control Group)
Key inclusion criteria	Stroke patients at WCH with a diagnosis of stroke
Key exclusion criteria	Admitted from residential homes
Date of first enrolment	01/05/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/12/2005

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Whitehaven, Cumbria
CA28 8JG
United Kingdom

Department of Health (UK)
Government

Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom

Website	http://www.doh.gov.uk

Charity

Stroke Association (UK)
Private sector organisation / Associations and societies (private and public)

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination plan	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

23/09/2016: No publications found, verifying study status with principal investigator