N/A
N=147,716
Comparative Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Services for Survivors of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Ischemic Stroke
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02284165 ↗Enrolled (actual)
147,716
Serious AEs
—
Results posted
Jan 2017
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants Receiving Inpatient, Home, or Community Based Rehabilitation Services — 76720; 32350 participants
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- retrospective analysis (Other)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Duke University
- Primary completion
- May 2016
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Participants Receiving Inpatient, Home, or Community Based Rehabilitation Services |
76720; 32350 | — |
| PRIMARY Home-time |
271.2; 195.5 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Were Functionally Dependent or Dead 12 Months After Hospital Discharge |
203; 77 | — |
| SECONDARY Quality of Life (QOL) |
0.76; 0.68 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Were Institutionalized in a Nursing Home for Long-term Care Within 12 Months of Hospital Discharge. |
64; 60 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Were Rehospitalized or Died Within 12 Months of Stroke Hospitalization. |
18884; 23411 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Participants Who Died Within 12 Months of Stroke Hospitalization |
6221; 13274 | — |
Summary
Retrospective analysis of Get With the Guidelines-Stroke data linked with Medicare claims and the AVAIL longitudinal data sets to assess patterns, predictors, and outcomes associated with the use of rehabilitation services following hospitalization for ischemic stroke. Primary completion defined as the end of primary analyses, consistent with the end of the PCORI Cycle I grant period. Study completion defined as acceptance of final research report and lay abstract by PCORI.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- acute ischemic stroke within the Get With the Guidelines-Stroke data set for 2006-2008, and successfully linked to Medicare claims through 2009
Exclusion Criteria
- death during index hospitalization
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02284165). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.