Controlled Education Of Patients After Stroke

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The main objective of the study is to compare the benefit of optimised follow-up by nursing personnel from the vascular neurology department, including therapeutic follow-up and an educational program directed to the patient and a caregiving member of his social circle, with that of a typical follow-up.

Official Title
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Controlled Education Of Patients After Stroke

Conditions
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Stroke, Hypertension

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: optimised follow-up


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients over 60 years of age Patients who have had a first stroke, transient or permanent, ischaemic or haemorrhagic, justifying hospitalisation Patients with high blood pressure already treated or discovered at the time of the stroke and justifying the start of a treatment Patients who have had a stroke with sequelae allowing immediate return home or justifying a stay of less than one month in rehabilitation Patient having a member of his social circle who has agreed to provide follow-up for two years in association with the assigned nursing personnel in case of randomisation into the optimised follow-up group. Exclusion criteria Patients less than 60 years of age Patients with a history of stroke Patients who do not have high blood pressure discovered by a treatment prior to the stroke or by abnormal blood pressure figures during hospitalisation Patients who have had a stroke causing serious sequelae, justifying an extended stay in a rehabilitation department Patient who has no one in his social circle capable of working with the assigned nursing personnel, or patient living in an institution

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 60 Years
Maximum Age: 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: optimised follow-up<br>optimised follow-up will be done by nursing personnel associated with a caregiving member of his social circle. | Other: optimised follow-up<br>* optimised follow-up will be done by nursing personnel associated with a caregiving member of his social circle.<br>|
| No Intervention: typical follow-up<br>no intervention | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| blood pressure | blood pressure will be measured by nursing personnel who do not know the group into which the patient has been randomised. | 12 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Outcome of stroke | functional handicap (Rankin scale) cognitive state (MoCA scale) | 6 months 12 months 2 years. | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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educational program, stroke, hypertension, secondary prevention