Health Condition 1: G46- Vascular syndromes of brain in cerebrovascular diseases
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Structured Education to care givers: Audiovisual interactive session lasting about 1 hour teaching patient care givers about stroke and its complications and the means to prevent them
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Sponsors
Pedapati Radhakrishna
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Any caregiver more than 18 years to a patient more than 18 years with acute stroke and with mRS 4-5 at the time of enrollment and admitted to neurology wards NS-4 and NS-5 in AIIMS, Cardiothoracic and Neurosciences center within 24 hours of admission is eligible for enrolment
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Care givers who are not willing to give informed consent, and those not willing to be attending the patient for at least 8 hours a day will be excluded. 2. Care givers who are paid attendants and those care givers to patients having baseline complications which are being measured in the outcomes will also be excluded. 3. Care givers whose patients have a total stay in the hospital less than 5 days will be excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Incidence of in-hospital complications (Pneumonia, bedsore, urinary tract infection, deep venous thrombosis, constipation, pulmonary thromboembolism, catheter related blood stream infection) in the patient. 2. Mortality of the patient at dischargeTimepoint: During the hospital stay | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mortality of the patient at 3 months of follow up 2. Morbidity of the patient (mRS) at 3 months of follow up Timepoint: At 3 months of follow up | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Rohit Bhatia
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed