Personalized Patient and Caregiver Education After Stroke

University of Pennsylvania120 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

TRIPLE

Enrollment

120

Conditions

Stroke, Acute Stroke, Ischemic Stroke

Interventions

Customized educationBEHAVIORAL

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.

Standard of care discharge educationBEHAVIORAL

Half of subjects will be randomized to receive typical discharge education, per the institutional guidelines for standard of care education for stroke patients.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Patient satisfaction survey

Likert-style survey assessing patient satisfaction and perception of the stroke education they received.

Time frame: Day 90

Stroke etiology awareness

accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

Time frame: Day 90

Stroke Patient Education Retention (SPER) survey

Validated measure of stroke patient education as it pertains to their stroke etiology and risk factors with scores of 0-10

Time frame: Day 90

EuroQOL-VAS

validated quality of life metric, with scores of 0-100

Time frame: Day 90

Secondary Outcomes

Stroke etiology awareness

accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

Time frame: Day 7

Stroke etiology awareness

accurate knowledge of stroke etiology (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

Time frame: Day 30

Stroke risk factor awareness. 7 days

accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

Time frame: Day 7

Stroke risk factor awareness, 30 days

accurate knowledge of stroke risk factors (0=incorrect; 1=correct)

Time frame: Day 30

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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