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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02569099
Date of registration: 27/05/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Zimbabwe
Public title: Effects of Training Caregivers on the Outcomes of Stroke Survivors and Caregivers in Zimbabwe
Scientific title: A Randomised Controlled Study to Compare the Effects of Standardised Care Plus Conventional Care Versus Conventional Care Only on the Outcomes of Stroke Survivors (HIV+ and HIV-) and Their Family Caregivers in Harare and Chitungwiza
Date of first enrolment: October 2014
Target sample size: 376
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02569099
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Supportive Care. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Zimbabwe
Contacts
Name:     Farayi Kaseke, Masters
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Affiliation:  University of Zimbabwe
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

List of Inclusion Criteria:

1. First ever confirmed clinical diagnosis of stroke. All patients diagnosed of stroke
and who are 18 years and above will be recruited.

2. The stroke patients are likely to return home with residual disability

3. Both males and females are eligible and should be residing in Harare and Chitungwiza
communities during the period of study.

4. Stroke survivors must have a family caregiver

5. HIV status may or may not be known

6. Care giver is willing and able to provide support after discharge

7. Fulfills the research definition of a family care giver

list of Exclusion criteria:

1. Stroke patients with other diagnoses of neurological origin and a previous
neurological disorder and orthopedic conditions that hamper treatment are not eligible
to participate.

2. Patients with a history of psychiatric illness will be excluded.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Stroke
Intervention(s)
Other: Caregiver training
Primary Outcome(s)
Quality of life of stroke patients and family caregivers using the Euroqol - Five Dimensions (EQ-5D) [Time Frame: Change from baseline EQ-5D at 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Functional outcome of stroke patients [Time Frame: Change from baseline Functional Independence Measure (FIM) at 12months]
burden of care of family caregivers [Time Frame: Change from baseline Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) at 12 months]
Community reintegration of stroke patients [Time Frame: At 3 months and 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ID43TWOO9539-03
UZimbabwe
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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