Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
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Sponsors
Takahashi Norihito
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients aged 70 years or older within 3 days of admission to hospital who fulfil the following conditions. 1) Patients admitted with acute stroke and receiving medical treatment. 2) To avoid a mixture of stroke and delirium symptoms, the level of consciousness at admission should be in the range of 11-15 on the GCS (E4V1-5M6). (E4V1~5M6) on admission to avoid a mixture of stroke and delirium. 3) The patient is allowed to eat by a doctor and is able to take food orally. However, at Hospital A, the speech-language pathologist conducts a feeding and swallowing assessment and is entrusted with the decision on oral intake, so the decision should be made by the speech-language pathologist. 4) The patient and his/her family understand this study and are capable of making a decision to consent to the provision of information.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Surgical treatment and catheterisation are not included. To avoid mixing stroke and delirium symptoms, the level of consciousness on admission should be in the range of 11-15 (E4V1-5M6) on the GCS. (E4V1~5M6) on admission to avoid a mixture of stroke and delirium. Otherwise, patients are excluded. Patients with difficulty in communication and assessment of symptoms due to higher brain dysfunction are excluded. Patients with delirium on admission are excluded. Patients with a diagnosis of dementia prior to admission are excluded because they are at high risk of developing delirium and are difficult to distinguish from behavioural and psychological symptoms.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Japanese version of Constipation assessment scale Ver. 2, ConstipationQOL15 revised QOL assessment index for constipation, Confusion Assessment Method | — |
Contacts
Public ContactNorihito Takahashi
Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
Outcome results
None listed