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Reduction of Prehospital Delays in Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA)

NCT00744029 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1388

Last updated 2008-09-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In patients with acute stroke, systemic thrombolysis needs to be administered within three hours of symptom onset. The aim of the present study was to reduce prehospital delays in a population-based intervention.The intervention consisted of an educational letter indicating stroke symptoms and emphasizing the importance of calling the emergency medical services (EMS). The investigators additionally included a bookmark and sticker with the EMS telephone number. A total of 75,720 inhabitants received the intervention. Between 2004 and 2005, 741 patients with cerebrovascular events were admitted from the control areas (n=24) and 647 from the intervention areas (n=24).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

educational material

Educational letter indicating stroke symptoms and emphasizing the importance of calling the emergency medical services (EMS) as well as a bookmark and sticker with the EMS telephone number.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefan N Willich, MD · Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-02-29
Primary Completion
2005-12-31
Completion
2007-06-30

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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