Recruiting

Phase 2

Phase 3

Implementation InterventionStroke Canada Optimization of Rehabilitation by Evidence Implementation Trial SCORE-IT)

Sponsor:

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Code:

NCT00359593

Conditions

Stroke

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Knowledge translation intervention package

Study Details

Brief summary:

The aim of this project is to evaluate whether using an implementation intervention promotes use of best practices by rehabilitation professionals and leads to improvements in patient outcomes for individuals with stroke.

Conditions

Stroke

Study ID

NCT00359593

Start date

Sep, 2006

Status verified date

Jul, 2006

Completion date

Apr, 2008

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Rehabilitation Hospitals/Research Sites:

Inclusion Criteria:

hospital with designated rehabilitation beds;
regularly treats stroke patients;
has access to at least one physical (PT) and one occupational (OT) therapist on the health professional team

Exclusion Criteria:

Inadequate staffing to administer the outcome measures consistently

Patients:

Inclusion Criteria:

medically stable;
stroke with residual disability;
requires complex rehabilitation interventions from at least 3 health care professionals, one of them being an OT or a PT;
admitted to rehabilitation centre within 90 days of stroke onset;
and age >18 years

Exclusion Criteria:

having a medical condition that is expected to result in death within 6 months;
presence of a serious chronic disabling condition that impacts on either the rehabilitation process or rehabilitation outcomes such as severe arthritis, dementia, Parkinson's disease;
active suicidal ideation or symptoms of psychosis

Study Design

Enrollment

2000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

Knowledge translation intervention package

Primary outcome measure

Arm function as measured by the Box and Block test [ Time Frame: undefined ]
Walking speed as measured by the 6 minutes walk test [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Amanda G Hurdowar, MSc

416-597-3422 Hurdowar.Amanda@TorontoRehab.on.ca

Locations

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 2A2

Contacts

Amanda Hurdowar, MSc

416-597-3422 Hurdowar.Amanda@TorontoRehab.on.ca

Principal Investigator:

Mark T Bayley, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

Last update posted

Mar 20, 2008

Last verified

Jul, 2006

Keywords

Stroke
Rehabilitation
Knowledge translation
Evidence based practice
Outcomes

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Toronto Rehabilitation Institute on 2008-03-20.