Trial reportNeurology2025
Screening and Care for Emotional and Cognitive Problems After Ischemic Stroke: Results of a Multicenter, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- PROTOCOL: Effects of Rehabilitation and Behavioural Interventions for Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment on Quality of Life: Protocol for a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials.Campbell systematic reviews · 2026Review
- Prevalence and factors associated with post-stroke depression: a cross-sectional analysis of a prospectively assembled cohort in Eastern Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in neurology · 2026Article
- Screening and Care for Emotional and Cognitive Problems After Ischemic Stroke: Results of a Multicenter, Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.Neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesEvidence regarding effectiveness of screening for emotional and cognitive problems after stroke is lacking. The primary aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that an intervention focusing on screening and care for emotional and cognitive problems after stroke would improve societal participation at 1 year. Second, we tested the hypotheses that this intervention would improve emotional and cognitive concerns, symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, quality of life (QoL), self-efficacy, and disability.
methodsThis multicenter, patient-masked, cluster-randomized controlled trial assigned clusters (1:1) to intervention or usual care. Clusters were Dutch nonuniversity hospitals with a stroke unit. Ischemic stroke patients aged 18 years and older discharged home without inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation were included. The intervention was a consultation conducted by a specialized stroke nurse at the outpatient neurology clinics at 6 weeks after stroke and included screening for emotional and cognitive problems, screening for participation restrictions, self-management support, and, if needed, referral to rehabilitation services. The primary outcome was societal participation (Restrictions subscale of the Utrecht Scale for Evaluation of Rehabilitation-Participation [USER-P-R]) 1 year after stroke. Secondary outcomes were cognitive and emotional concerns (Checklist for Cognitive and Emotional Consequences following Stroke), symptoms of anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety subscale [HADS-A]), symptoms of depression (HADS-Depression subscale), QoL (5-level version of the EuroQoL 5-dimensional questionnaire [EQ-5D-5L], EuroQoL Visual Analog Scale [EQ-VAS], and Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System [PROMIS-10]), self-efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale), and disability (modified Rankin Scale) at 3 and 12 months. Continuous outcome data were analyzed using a mixed model for repeated measures, and ordinal data were analyzed with an ordinal mixed-effects model.
resultsBetween August 14, 2019, and May 11, 2022, a total of 531 patients were included in 12 clusters. The mean age was 70.6 ± 9.7 years, 40.0% were female, and the median NIH Stroke Scale score was 2 (2). Two hundred sixty-four patients were included in 6 hospitals providing the intervention and 267 patients in 6 hospitals providing usual care. Primary analysis demonstrated no difference in USER-P-R score at 1 year after stroke (mean difference [MD] 0.77; 95% CI -2.46 to 4.06; DISCUSSION: Screening for emotional and cognitive problems did not improve societal participation at 1 year after stroke. The potential for improvement in anxiety and QoL warrants further investigation. Cost-effectiveness will be analyzed in our upcoming economic evaluation. TRIAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Netherlands Trial Register: NL7295. Registered: September 25, 2018. First patient enrolled: August 14, 2019. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class III evidence that, in patients recovering from an ischemic stroke, active screening for emotional and cognitive problems at 6 weeks after stroke did not improve societal participation at 1 year.
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