Stroke and Rehabilitation in North of Norway and Central Denmark

Comparing Post-stroke Functioning and Rehabilitation Pathways in a Region of North of Norway and a Region of Denmark. A Prospective Cohort Study.

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03948906

Enrollment

815

Registered

2019-05-14

Start date

2014-04-30

Completion date

2023-12-31

Last updated

2022-10-13

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Conditions

Stroke, Acute

Keywords

Stroke, Observational study, Rehabilitation, Health related quality of life

Brief summary

Post-stroke prospective multicenter cohort study. The objectives of the study was to compare functioning and health related quality of life in the two study regions, in relation to known predictors and to differences in organization of treatment- and rehabilitation. The inclusion was of consecutive acute stroke patients with ICD10 diagnosis I.63 and I.61 from a regional part of Northern Norway and Jylland Denmark. All were referred to stroke units. At baseline national stroke registry data were collected in each country. A questionnaire package was mailed to the participants 3- and 12-months post stroke. Telephone interviews at 3 months post stroke added information on functioning and rehabilitation.

Detailed description

Post-stroke prospective multicenter cohort study. The objectives of the study was to compare functioning and health related quality of life in the two study regions, in relation to known predictors and to differences in organization of treatment- and rehabilitation. The inclusion was of consecutive acute stroke patients with ICD10 diagnosis I.63 and I.61 from a regional part of Northern Norway and Jylland Denmark. All were referred to stroke units. At baseline national stroke registry data were collected in each country. Telephone interviews at 3 months post stroke added information on functioning and rehabilitation. A questionnaire package was mailed to the participants 3- and 12-months post stroke. These included validated Questionnaires like QOLIBRI-OS, HADS, SS-QOL and EQ5D. Validity studies on QOLIBRI-OS and SS-QOL has been published, along with several other papers. Synne Garder Pedersen and Guri Heiberg have finished their PhDs.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical diagnosis acute ischemic or hemmorhagic stroke * Inclusion period Mars 2014 to January 2016 * Hospitalised in Stroke Units * Living in a defined geographic area in North of Norway or in Central Denmark

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
HRQOL	2014- 2016	HRQOL measured by QOLIBRI-OS

Outcome results