Adapting Tools to Implement Stroke Risk Management to Veterans
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack
In brief
The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the local adaptation of existing stroke prevention tools into practice. A stroke prevention program is a collection of materials including written materials like pamphlets and brochures, videotapes and training guides for stroke survivors and evidence based guidelines for the doctors that provide care for them. Other tools that may be used in a stroke prevention program include devices that help patients monitor medical symptoms at home like home blood pressure machines or blood sugar monitors and messaging devices that allow reporting symptoms from home to a health care provider. We hypothesized Veterans with stroke who receive the Veteran Stroke Prevention Program would engage in better medication compliance and stroke specific quality of life compared to those who did not receive the program.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00355147
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 174
- Starts
- 2009-01-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-10-11
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Veterans 18 years or older hospitalized with stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack at Indianapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center and Houston Veteran Administration Medical Center;
- willing to participate;
- access to telephone;
- speaks and understands English;
- no severe cognitive impairments;
- life expectancy of at least 6 mos;
- willingness to follow-up in Veterans Administration outpatient care.
You may not qualify if…
- Severe aphasia or cognitive impairment;
- active alcohol or substance abuse;
- cannot or unwilling to participate;
- does not speak or understand English;
- life expectancy less than 6 mos;
- no access to telephone;
- no Veterans Administration outpatient follow-up.
Where it is running
- Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN — Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX — Houston, Texas, United States
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