Lifestyle Counselling as Secondary Prevention in Patients With Minor Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-10-01

Study Completion Date

2021-02-28

Brief Summary

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Interventions to improve health behaviour in patients with resent acute stroke are not well established. This study will evaluate the feasibility and effect of an early initiated counselling intervention targeting smoking, physical activity, and adherence to preventive medication, with regular follow-up sessions, in patients with acute minor stroke or transient ischemic attack who are discharged home.

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Detailed Description

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Stroke is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and loss of independence worldwide. In Denmark 12,000 people have a stroke per year. About one fourth of patients admitted with a stroke have had previous strokes or transient ischemic attack (TIA). The risk of recurrent stroke is highest in the first weeks and decreasing with time.

In the last decades there has been an increased focus on the importance of health behaviour in the public and among patients in relations to prevention of vascular diseases. There is solid scientific evidence of the harmful effects of lifestyle factors, such as smoking, physical inactivity, and alcohol overuse.

Hypertension is one of the leading risk factors for vascular diseases, including stroke and TIA. Lowering of the blood pressure is therefore an essential part of stroke treatment. Smoking cessation, physical activity, and adherence to antihypertensive and antithrombotic medication is highly recommended in patients with minor stroke and TIA.

There is still a lack of knowledge about how to support patients in making suitable choices to prevent recurrence and progression of their disease. Previous research has shown varying results and it is therefore difficult to point out any specific intervention or element of interventions which would be feasible to implement in clinical practice.

The hypothesis of the study is that early client-centred patient counselling with repeated follow-up sessions after discharge can reduce the blood pressure through smoking cessation, physical activity, and improved adherence to preventive medication in patients with minor stroke and transient ischemic attacks compared to simple encouragement to lifestyle change.

The overall purpose of our research is to develop effective and clinically feasible interventions to prevent recurrent strokes in patients with minor stroke and transient ischemic attacks, and identify unmet needs in the newly discharged patients and their relatives.

The PhD study will comprise of 1) a randomized feasibility trial (n=40) aiming to test a combined behavioural and clinical intervention with follow-up sessions post-discharge with 3-4 weeks intervals in 12 weeks on reducing blood pressure in patients with minor stroke and transient ischemic attack 2) a qualitative study to explore the patients attitudes and experiences towards medicine adherence, lifestyle changes, social support, and self-efficacy.

Conditions

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Stroke, Ischemic Stroke Hemorrhagic Transient Ischemic Attack

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Behavioral intervention

Usual stroke service care plus additional lifestyle counselling focusing on smoking cessation, physical activity, and adherence to preventive medication. Regular follow-up sessions (3-4 weeks intervals). Physical activity is monitors by an activity tracker.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle counselling

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

First behavioral counselling session will be conducted before discharge and follow-up session will be offered with 3-4 weeks intervals either by telephone or in the outpatient clinic.

Activity tracker

Intervention Type DEVICE

Participants are encouraged to wear a activity tracker to monitor their physical activity

Usual care

Usual stroke service care; including computed tomography brain scan, neurological evaluation, and relevant cardiological/vascular evaluation (48-72 hour telemetry, echocardiography, carotic ultrasound imaging). At discharge all patients will receive written and verbal encouragement to a healthy lifestyle.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Usual care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual stroke care discharge session; including written and verbal encouragement to a healthy lifestyle.

Interventions

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Lifestyle counselling

First behavioral counselling session will be conducted before discharge and follow-up session will be offered with 3-4 weeks intervals either by telephone or in the outpatient clinic.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Usual care

Usual stroke care discharge session; including written and verbal encouragement to a healthy lifestyle.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Activity tracker

Participants are encouraged to wear a activity tracker to monitor their physical activity

Intervention Type DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male or female, age ≥ 18 years old
* Hospitalized patients with TIA (ICD-10 G45.9) or stroke (ICD-10 I61, I63, I64) with a Scandinavian Stroke Scale of 45-58. Diagnosis must by confirmed by a neurologist
* Discharge to their own home
* Able to give a valid written consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe barriers to communication
* Not able to use a telephone
* Severe disability prior to the stroke (WHO Performance Status \>2; mobilised less than 50 % of the day)
* Requiring specialized rehabilitation
* Active abuse of alcohol or narcotics
* Severe psychiatric illness (affective disease, dementia, schizophrenia, anxiety)

Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No