Study protocol for a randomized, controlled, multicentre, pragmatic trial with Rehabkompassen®-a digital structured follow-up tool for facilitating patient-tailored rehabilitation in persons after stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stroke is a leading cause of disability among adults worldwide. A timely structured follow-up tool to identify patients' rehabilitation needs and develop patient-tailored rehabilitation regimens to decrease disability is largely lacking in current stroke care. The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel digital follow-up tool, Rehabkompassen®, among persons discharged from acute care settings after a stroke.

Methods

This multicentre, parallel, open-label, two-arm pragmatic randomized controlled trial with an allocation ratio of 1:1 will be conducted in Sweden. A total of 1106 adult stroke patients will have follow-up visits in usual care settings at 3 and 12 months after stroke onset. At the 3-month follow-up, participants will ha

SUBMITTER: Hu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559468 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature