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Effects of Training Caregivers on the Outcomes of Stroke Survivors and Caregivers in Zimbabwe

NCT02569099 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 376

Last updated 2017-05-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The burden of stroke has continued to increase in Zimbabwe in the last 3 decades. resulting in increased burden of care to family caregivers. Caregivers who had cared for survivors for periods exceeding 3 months indicated desire to be taught about basic care before they were discharged from hospital and a curriculum of training based on a targeted needs analysis was developed. One arm of the study will receive caregivers training as the intervention and the other arm will be the control. The outcome of both the caregivers and survivors will be compared based on selected tools. Data will be collected at baseline (at most 2 weeks after suffering a stroke) the participants will be followed up at 3 and 12 months post stroke.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Caregiver training

One hour training of family caregivers on the basic function of the brain and the stroke condition and its management in the home.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Zimbabwe

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Farayi Kaseke, Masters · University of Zimbabwe

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-04-30
Completion
2017-05-15

Countries

  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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