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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 26.
Published in final edited form as: Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jan 21;(1):CD000356. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD000356.pub3
Methods RCT
Concealment of allocation: NOT CLEAR
Follow up of patients: 6 weeks, 26 weeks
Blinded assessment of outcomes: YES
Baseline measurement: DONE
Reliable primary outcome measure: DONE
Protection against contamination: DONE
Participants Location: Norway
Patients recovering from a stroke
Mean age: treatment = 74; control = 73.8
Treatment = 160
Control = 160
Interventions Hospital at home (early discharge)
Type of service: mobile team based in a stroke unit and worked with primary care team
Skill mix: nurse, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, stroke physician
Control group: combined active and rehabilitation stroke unit and further follow-up organised by rehabilitation clinic and/or primary health care system
Outcomes Mortality
Functional status
Place of residence
Hospital length of stay
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors’ judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk B - Unclear