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RecruitingNCT06280599Updated Apr 3, 2024

Transitional Care Model for Patients With Stroke

An interventional study of Transitional care model in Stroke, sponsored by Kaohsiung Medical University. Recruiting at 1 site in Indonesia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 90 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-04-03.

Sponsored by Kaohsiung Medical University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Apr 2024, 2 years 6 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Registered 5 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Sep 2023, registered Feb 2024).
  • Started Sep 2023; still recruiting 3 years 1 month later.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 90 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Patients with stroke benefitted from superior improvements in physical function, particularly when performing activities of daily living, fewer visits to the emergency room, less depression symptoms, and improved health-related quality of life thanks to transitional model care. Despite widespread implementation of transitional care for stroke patients, intervention effectiveness remains inconclusive, and another concern with transitional care for patients is the scarcity of effects on specific findings.

Read the detailed description

A stroke may be a profound and life-changing occurrence for both the survivors and those who care for them, mandating participation in the adaptation and reinvention of a new post-stroke lifestyle that is sometimes unpredictable and temperamental. The sudden onset of a stroke and its accompanying treatment in an acute hospital setting can be distressing for both patients and caregivers. Admission after stroke may have a profound impact as patients and their caregiver start to understand the effects of the occurrence, which is scary, puzzling, and stressful. Nonetheless, adjusting to situations or life after a stroke might be made easier by implementing relevant and timely strategies throughout hospitalization, discharge, and the post-discharge period. Both populations, stroke patients and caregivers, may have unmet needs once the patients are discharged at home, such as communication, recovery plan and process, medicine, emotional needs, and stroke information, as well as social involvement. To address unmet needs after discharge from the hospital to a variety of settings, such transitional care is recommended to tackle the adverse outcomes.One of the widely used transitional care models is TCM, which was developed at the University of Pennsylvania under the direction of a nurse and was then made available to patients who were elderly at risk of poor outcomes and suffering from chronic illnesses including stroke patients. Incorporated into the model, TCM were developed to meet the needs that arose during hospitalization and to provide continuity of care for patients, including those with stroke, who were unable to receive it after their acute illness treatment

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Conditions studied

  • Stroke

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In context

Stroke

7,286 studies on the registry are indexed under Stroke; 2,013 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 50 across 5,366 interventional studies indexed under Stroke.

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Lead sponsor

Kaohsiung Medical University is the lead sponsor of 55 studies on the registry; 16 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 90 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Being at least 18 years old, being admitted in neurology department for at least 24 to 48 hours,
  • Not having cognitive impairment as measured by the Montreal cognitive assessment (score ≥ 23),
  • Being able to communicate in Indonesia, having the ability to provide informed consent,
  • Being willing to participate in this study during hospitalization and 8 weeks after hospital discharge

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have potentially biased information, such as being unable to provide informed consent due to cognitive impairment,
  • Having major speech and language problems or aphasia that prevent them from participating in the study,
  • Having serious psychiatric disorders or other with terminal disease requiring active treatment, and
  • Being discharged to a nursing home or welfare institution.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Transitional care model

    In-hospital assessments, video-based stroke education, home visits, and weekly telephone follow-up

    Behavioral: Transitional care model

  • No intervention
    Post-stroke usual care

    Treatment as usual after discharged home

Interventions

  • BehavioralTransitional care model

    In-hospital assessments, video-based stroke education, home visits, and weekly telephone follow-up

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Self-efficacy

    Self-efficacy has been proposed as an important determinant of the adaptation process in people who have had a stroke. The Indonesian version of Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SSEQ-I) will be used in this study to assess participants' beliefs in their ability to perform and manage daily activities following a stroke. Participants rate their confidence in their ability to complete each of the 13 items on a 10-point scale, with 0 representing not at all confident and 10 representing very confident. Higher score indicates a higher level of self-efficacy (range 0-130).

    Time frame: Baseline, at week 4 intervention, and immediately post-intervention at week 8

  2. Activities of daily living

    The ability to perform ADLs independently is a short-term rehabilitation goal during stroke recovery. The Indonesian version of the Modified Barthel Index (MBI-I) will be used to assess behavior related to activities of daily living in stroke patients or patients with other disabling conditions. The ten functional domains (activities) covered by this questionnaire include bowel and bladder control, grooming assistance, toilet use, feeding, transfers, walking, dressing, climbing stairs, and bathing. Each item is graded on a scale of 0 to a maximum of 15. A total item score of less than or equal to 20 indicates total dependence, 21-60 severe dependence, 61-90 moderate dependence, 91-99 slight dependence and a total 100 indicates independence.

    Time frame: Baseline, at week 4 intervention, and immediately post-intervention at week 8

Secondary outcomes

  1. Instrumental activities of daily living

    The Lawton IADL-Indonesian Version will be used to assess engagement in more complex activities in stroke patients. Each item is graded on a 2-point scale. The total score can range between 0 and 8. A total score is obtained by adding the items and normalizing to 8 for high function or independence for woman and 5 for man. For women, a score of 0 indicates total dependence or low function, 1-7 dependence or mild to moderate function, and a total 8 indicates independence or high function. For men, a score of 0 indicates total dependence or low function, 1-4 dependence or mild to moderate function, and a total 5 indicates independence or high function.

    Time frame: Baseline, at week 4 intervention, and immediately post-intervention at week 8

  2. Depression symptoms

    Depression symptoms following a stroke covers roughly one-third of stroke survivors at any given time after the stroke. The Indonesian version of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), will be used to assess depression in stroke patients. Each item with 15 questions was scored on a 2-point scale (0 = "no," 1 = "yes"). Scores between 0 and 4 are considered normal, scores between 5-8, 9 to 11, and 12 to 15 indicate mild, moderate, and severe depression (range 0-15).

    Time frame: Baseline, at week 4 intervention, and immediately post-intervention at week 8

  3. Quality of life in stroke patients

    The 26-item Indonesian version of World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQoL-BREF) will be used to assess the quality of life of stroke patients. This questionnaire comprises on four dimensions including physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environmental health. Each dimension had five Likert response options, which were recoded into scores ranging from 0 to 4, with 0 being "never" and 4 being "always". Higher score indicates more severe of frequent problems or lower level of quality of life (range 0-104).

    Time frame: Baseline, at week 4 intervention, and immediately post-intervention at week 8

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 3, 2024, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06280599
Lead sponsor
Kaohsiung Medical University
Responsible party
Ita Daryanti Saragih (Principal Investigator, Kaohsiung Medical University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Feb 28, 2024
Start date
Sep 1, 2023
Primary completion
Apr 1, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Apr 29, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Apr 3, 2024

Study contacts

Ita Saragih, PhD student
Contact
itadaryanti05@gmail.com
+886 986 226143
Bih-O Lee, Professor
study chair · Kaohsiung Medical University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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