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Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation in Home Care

NCT00463229 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2018-12-04

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Summary

As the population ages and the number of stroke survivors increases, information is needed to determine the best way of providing home care services for rehabilitation to stroke survivors and their caregivers while containing health care costs. This project will address this area by developing and testing the effects and costs of a collaborative and specialized team approach to stroke rehabilitation by health professionals, in a home care setting, compared to usual home care services. The overall goal of this way of providing home care services is to improve the quality of life and function of stroke survivors and their caregivers and prevent future strokes, which will reduce the overall cost to the health care system.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Interprofessional Team Approach

Subject in the second group will receive home care services from a team of professional service providers (CCAC Care Coordinator, Registered Nurse, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech language pathologist, Nutritionist) and non-professional service providers (personal support workers) with experience and training in stroke care. The team will provide a comprehensive, coordinated and evidence-based approach to stroke rehabilitation through weekly case conferencing, a written interdisciplinary care plan, and joint visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Toronto Central Community Care Access Centre

    collaborator OTHER

  • Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario

    collaborator OTHER

  • Greater Toronto Area Rehabilitation Network

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • McMaster University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maureen Markle-Reid, RN MScN PhD · McMaster University, School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-02-28
Primary Completion
2008-09-30
Completion
2008-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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