Enhanced Post-discharge Home-based Care Program (EHP) for Stroke Survivors in Harbin China

NCT ID: NCT03884621

Last Updated: 2020-12-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

144 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-25

Study Completion Date

2020-11-27

Brief Summary

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In China, about 70% of stroke survivors are living with the negative consequences of stroke. Post stroke home-based care, a broad concept of rehabilitation, is an important care strategy to enhance recovery and improve quality of life for stroke survivors. However, home-based healthcare service is less available for patients discharged home from hospital. The investigators propose to develop and evaluate a home-based nursing intervention program to provide tailored and timely support to post-stroke patients returning to their daily livings at home after hospitalization. The enhanced post-discharge home-based care intervention is coupled with pre-discharge coaching and post-discharge home follow-up, focusing on functional recovery and self-care skills. This project has the potential to improve the quality of life and the related outcomes of stroke survivors, compared to usual care.

Detailed Description

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This project will empirically test an innovated care delivery model, an enhanced post-discharge home-based care program (EHP) to address the challenges facing China on post-stroke care. The study will adopt a randomized controlled trial design to assess the effects of the EHP compared with usual care for post-discharged stroke survivors. Economic evaluation will be parallel with the trial.

Eligible participants will be recruited from the neurology units of a large general hospital in Harbin, China. Consented participants will be randomly assigned to receive either usual care or usual care plus EHP intervention. The EHP has two key components: pre-discharge coaching and post-discharge home follow-up which involves five intervention protocols for assessment, treatment and procedures, teaching, guidance and counselling, case management and surveillance, addressing on home-based rehabilitation training and self-care. The 12-week EHP will be provided by a trained nurse case manager with the support of a clinical team. All participants will be follow-up for 12 months with three assessments on study outcomes, including quality of life, self-efficacy, activities of daily living, anxiety and depression, adherence, satisfaction and healthcare utilization after baseline data collection. The incremental cost-effectiveness ratio and cost will also be calculated and compared between the two groups. In addition, focus group interviews will be conducted to gain an in-depth understanding of stakeholders' experience on post-stroke care.

Conditions

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Stroke

Keywords

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continuity of patient care

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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EHP Group

The Enhanced post-discharge home-based care program (EHP) offers one coaching session upon hospital discharge and 12-week home follow-up (including 6 home visits, 6 telephone calls and 24-hour hotline) post hospital discharge to participants by an especially trained nurse case manager with the support of a clinical team. The five intervention protocols integrate with an individualized home-based rehabilitation training and self-care plan.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

EHP Group

Intervention Type OTHER

The Enhanced post-discharge home-based care program (EHP) plus usual care

Control Group

Usual discharge care and post-discharge care provided to all stroke patients discharged home.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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EHP Group

The Enhanced post-discharge home-based care program (EHP) plus usual care

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Aged 18 years or over
* Acute ischemic stroke diagnosed by a neurologist
* National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score ≥ 4 or \<16
* Modified Rankin Scale score 2 - 4
* Discharged to their own home
* Premorbid independence
* being able to provide informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

* Global aphasia or expressive aphasia
* Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-Beijing) score ≤ 22
* Discharged to rehabilitation settings
* At critical stage of illness or palliative treatment approach being provided
* Conditions likely to interfere with rehabilitation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Frances Wong, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Locations

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The First Hospital of Harbin

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Other Identifiers

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5-ZH2Q

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id