Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Helen Rodgers
ORCID ID
Contact details
Dept of Medicine/Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health
The Medical School
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
21 Claremont Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 222 8025
helen.rodgers@newcastle.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
MS46
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular diseases: Cerebrovascular disease
Intervention
1. Early supported discharge
2. Conventional care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/02/1995
Overall trial end date
31/01/1996
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
92 patients admitted to three hospitals in Newcastle upon Tyne were randomised to early supported discharge or conventional care. To be eligible for entry patients had to:
1. Be living at home prior to the stroke
2. Not be too severely disabled
3. Not have any other condition that might preclude rehabilitation
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
92
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/02/1995
Recruitment end date
31/01/1996
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Dept of Medicine/Dept of Epidemiology & Public Health
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke National Research and Development Programme (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=9408667
Publication citations
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Results
Rodgers H, Soutter J, Kaiser W, Pearson P, Dobson R, Skilbeck C, Bond J, Early supported hospital discharge following acute stroke: pilot study results., Clin Rehabil, 1997, 11, 4, 280-287.