Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Nursing versus Usual Therapist-Led Treatment in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Randomized Non-Inferiority Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation nursing program interventions in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Patients and methods

An assessment-blinded randomized controlled trial was conducted at a tertiary referral hospital in China. Eligible patients were stratified according to their weighted corticospinal tract lesion load and then randomly assigned to an experimental group (n = 121) or a control group (n = 103). The experimental group received rehabilitation nursing from well-trained, qualified nurses (30 minutes per session, two sessions per day for seven consecutive days). The control group received therapist-led rehabilitation with the same timing and frequency. Comparative analysis of the primary outcomes was performed to determine non-inferiority

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8233001 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature