Wan 2016.
| Study characteristics | ||
| Methods | RCT Unit of randomisation: participant |
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| Participants | Place of recruitment: neurology department Numbers randomised: total: 80 (I: 40; C: 40) % Completing final follow‐up: 100% Inclusion criteria: ischaemic stroke, > 35 years of age, hospitalised within 1 month of an ischaemic stroke diagnosed by CT/MRI, previously independent with activities of daily living Exclusion criteria: a history of cardio‐embolic infarction, Wernicke’s aphasia, cognitive impairment, a history of severe liver or kidney disease, and any known malignancy or other neurological diseases Type of stroke (%): ischaemic stroke Mean age (SD): I: 59.01 ± 12.36; C: 60.24 ± 12.57 Gender (% men): I: 75%; C: 67.5% Ethnicity: not reported Socio‐economic or socio‐demographic status: education level, elementary C: 22.5% I: 22.5; middle school C: 27.5%; I: 20%, high school C: 27.5%; I:27.5%, undergraduate/graduate school C: 22.5% I:30%. Employed C: 25%; I:32.5%, unemployed C: 27.5%; I: 25%, retired C:47.5%; I:42.5% |
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| Interventions | Intervention details (components, length, frequency): telephone follow‐up with stroke nurses: consisted of goal setting advice focused on selected areas with motivational elements. Delivered at 1 week, 1 and 3 months post discharge lasting 15‐20 minutes Location: community Mode of delivery: telephone Personnel responsible for delivery: stroke nurse Timing post‐stroke: post hospital discharge Control: usual care including freely available educational brochures on understanding stroke and reducing stroke risk, in addition to GP follow‐up |
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| Outcomes | Medication adherence at 3 and 6 months | |
| General Information | Funding: this is a doctoral dissertation and was supported by grants from the Department of Health of Guangdong Province, China (No. A2014211) to Li‐Hong Wan, PI. This work was also funded by provincial (Guangdong Science and Technology Department, the Guangdong special program for scientific development, No. 2016A020215039) programs, Li‐Hong Wan, PI Country of origin: China Publication language: English |
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| Notes | Analysis method: analysis of variance Risk of bias: low |
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| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Parallel group RCT 1:1 group allocation determine by a sealed opaque envelope with a serial number on the outside |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Central allocation |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Missing data reported by group |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | Examination of study reports suggests that all outcomes were reported in the pre‐specified way |
| Other bias | Low risk | The study appears to be free of other sources of bias |