Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Helen Rodgers
ORCID ID
Contact details
Centre for Health Services Research
21 Claremont Place
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
helen.rodgers@ncl.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
HSR/067 R180/05588
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
To determine the effectiveness of a multi-disciplinary Stroke Education Programme for stroke patients and their informal carers in improving health status, by enhancing their knowledge of the causes and consequences of stroke and the availability of community support
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
Cerebrovascular disease
Intervention
1. Stroke educational programme (SEP):
One 1-hour small group educational session for inpatients followed by six 1-hour sessions after discharge
2. A control group to receive conventional stroke unit care
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Patient and informal carer perceived health status (SF-36) at six months post stroke
Secondary outcome measures
1. Knowledge of stroke
2. Satisfaction with services
3. Emotional outcomes of patients and informal carers
4. Informal carer stress
5. Disability
Overall trial start date
06/01/1996
Overall trial end date
31/05/1998
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
In-patients and their carers, randomised within one week of stroke or when mentally stable
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
204 patients, 176 carers (added 21/01/10; see publication)
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
06/01/1996
Recruitment end date
31/05/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Centre for Health Services Research
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 4AA
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
NHS R&D Regional Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Executive Northern and Yorkshire (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
1999 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10582982
Publication citations
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Results
Rodgers H, Atkinson C, Bond S, Suddes M, Dobson R, Curless R, Randomized controlled trial of a comprehensive stroke education program for patients and caregivers., Stroke, 1999, 30, 12, 2585-2591.