Stroke, Stroke, Acute, Stroke, Ischemic
Conditions
Brief summary
This is a randomized pilot trial to evaluate the impact of a customizable stroke education app (vs standard of care discharge education) on patient satisfaction and education retention. The impact of the intervention will be assessed 7, 30, and 90 days post-discharge.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALCustomized education
Half of subjects will receive access to a customized app that will include brief educational videos that have been selected for each patient based on their medical history. These videos will address stroke etiology, underlying risk factors, and stroke prevention medications.
BEHAVIORALStandard of care discharge education
Half of subjects will be randomized to receive typical discharge education, per the institutional guidelines for standard of care education for stroke patients.
Sponsors
University of Pennsylvania
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
TRIPLE (Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Admitted for ischemic stroke * At least 18 years old * Patient or caregiver has access to a smart phone, tablet or computer * Being discharged to either home or acute rehab
Exclusion criteria
* Patient or caregivers unable or unwilling to access the customized app with a smartphone, tablet, or computer * Being discharged to a skilled nursing facility * moderate-to-severe aphasia at the time of enrollment (as per NIHSS scoring) if patient is being enrolled without a caregiver
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Patient satisfaction survey | Day 90 | Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education they received. |
| Stroke etiology awareness | Day 90 | accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey | Day 90 | Validated measure of stroke patient education as it pertains to their stroke etiology and risk factors with scores of 0-10 |
| EuroQOL-VAS | Day 90 | validated quality of life metric, with scores of 0-100 |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stroke risk factor awareness. 7 days | Day 7 | accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Stroke risk factor awareness, 30 days | Day 30 | accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Stroke risk factor awareness, 90 days | Day 90 | accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Patient satisfaction, 30 days | Day 30 | Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education |
| Stroke prevention med awareness, 30 days | Day 30 | accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Stroke prevention med awareness, 90 days | Day 90 | accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| Patient satisfaction, 7 days | Day 7 | Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education |
| Stroke prevention med awareness, 7 days | Day 7 | accurate knowledge of stroke prevention medications (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
| SPER, 7 days | Day 7 | Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey |
| SPER, 30 days | Day 30 | Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey |
| Stroke etiology awareness | Day 7 | accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed