Querying Stroke Unit Nursing Interventions in the Emergency Department

NCT ID: NCT04011514

Last Updated: 2021-04-28

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Total Enrollment

800 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-28

Study Completion Date

2021-11-01

Brief Summary

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The aim of the study is to monitor if specialized stroke nurses as team partners in the ED can reduce hospital acquired infections. The study is designed as pre- post-intervention study in which specialized SU nurses partner with ED nursing staff to asses and screen stroke admissions in the ED.

Detailed Description

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An intervention study comprised of 1) a primary registry database component and 2) a secondary questionnaire based quantitative evaluation . The intervention study includes a 3-month baseline observational period followed by a 7-month baseline data collection period, a 2-month intervention implementation phase, and a 3-month intervention observational period followed by 7-month intervention data collection period.

An intervention, where dedicated stroke nurses handle acute care of stroke and TIA patient in the ED prior to admission to a dedicated stroke unit will take place in the timeframe of 11-19:00 hrs, 7 days a week. Notably, the intervention is set to be integrated into clinical practice on a permanent basis after end of study.

Data for all stroke patients admitted to the ED at HGH are collected during the 3-month baseline and intervention observational periods. Fulfilment of Danish Stroke Quality Program (DAP) quality indicators is monitored as follows - use of dysphagia screen (GUSS), mobilization within day of ED admission and transfer to SU. Additional nursing interventions monitored in the ED are: Use of nasogastric catheter, use of bladder scan and intermittent catheterization, frequency of temperature monitoring and use of anti-pyretics, acute phase monitoring of blood-pressure every 2 hours, use of Scandinavian Stroke Scale (SSS) score.

Outcomes are monitored in hospital and at visits to the out patient clinic, as well as by registry.

Conditions

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Stroke TIA

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Baseline period

Usual care. Stroke patients admitted to the ED during the 3-month baseline inclusion period.

Dedicated stroke nurse care in ED

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A specialized SU nursing team partner with ED nursing staff for timely fulfillment of stroke quality care indicators while awationg admission to a dedicated stroke unit

Intervention period

Intervention: 2 month implementation period of specialized stroke nurses allocated to ED for nurse specific treatment of stroke patients specific observations and care

Dedicated stroke nurse care in ED

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A specialized SU nursing team partner with ED nursing staff for timely fulfillment of stroke quality care indicators while awationg admission to a dedicated stroke unit

Interventions

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Dedicated stroke nurse care in ED

A specialized SU nursing team partner with ED nursing staff for timely fulfillment of stroke quality care indicators while awationg admission to a dedicated stroke unit

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* patients referred to the ED at Herlev Hospital with a diagnosis of stroke or TIA from 11 Am to 7 PM
* patients fulfilling one of the following ICD-10 codes at discharge: ICH: I61, cerebral infarction; I63, unspecified: I64, TIA: G45 and a scheduled follow-up appointment at the outpatient clinic Herlev Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients transferred from other hospitals or stroke units
* Patients elegible for thrombolysis or thrombectomy at time of admission
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Copenhagen

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Herlev Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Christina Kruuse

Senior consultant and faculty supervisor, DMSc, Ph.D.,

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Christina Kruuse, MD, DMSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Neurology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital

Locations

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Department of Neurology, Herlev-Gentofte Hospital

Herlev, , Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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H-17035544

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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