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Eames 2010 (Continued)
Comparator: standard care: the usual contact that clients and their caregivers/family members would receive
from the hospital’s treating team members. This would include medical assessment and treatment, nursing
care, assessment and/or treatment from allied health staff, discharge planning and any information or education
associated with this treatment. The control group will receive no information or intervention from the
principal researcher
Outcomes Primary outcome: stroke-related knowledge as determined by a stroke knowledge questionnaire
Secondary outcomes: stroke risk factor awareness, self efficacy, stroke risk-related behaviour change and
readiness to change these behaviours, anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), client
quality of life and caregiver burden (using the Caregiver Strain Index), satisfaction
Starting date 1 September 2008
Contact information Sally Eames, PhD Candidate, Division of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences,
Services Road, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
Tel: + 61 7 3365 2870
Email: s.eames@uq.edu.au
Notes ACTRN12608000469314; http://www.anzctr.org.au/trial˙view.aspx?ID=83109
Forster 2007
Trial name or title Training Caregivers after Stroke (TRACS): a cluster randomised controlled trial of a structured training
programme for caregivers of in-patients after stroke
Methods Pragmatic multicentre cluster-RCT with blinded follow-up
Participants Inclusion criteria:
(1) Stroke rehabilitation units: a stroke rehabilitation unit will be defined according to the definition provided
by the Royal College of Physicians of London for the National Sentinel Stroke Audit 2004 by the presence
of 4/5 of the following criteria: consultant physician with responsibility for stroke, formal links with patient
and caregiver organisations, multidisciplinary meetings at least weekly to plan patient care, provision of
information to patients about stroke, continuing education programmes for staff
(2) Patient: primary diagnosis of new stroke, medically stable (defined as sitting out of bed for at least 4 hours
per day), likely discharge destination home of home but with residual disability (defined as a modified Rankin
score of ≥ 3), have a caregiver available (defined as the main person, other than health, social, or voluntary care
provider, helping with activities of daily living and advocating on behalf of the patient, who has no notable
disability (defined as a modified Rankin score of 0 to 2) and who is willing and able to provide support after
discharge), written informed patient consent/relative assent and caregiver consent will be obtained prior to
any trial specific procedures
(3) Caregiver: caregiver is willing and able to provide support after discharge; fulfils the trial definition of a
caregiver: if discharge is planned within 1 week of admission to the stroke rehabilitation unit (insufficient
time to instigate the intervention); if the patient is in need of palliative care; if the patient or caregiver were
registered to the trial on a previous admission
Exclusion criteria: if discharge is planned within 1 week of admission to the stroke rehabilitation unit (insufficient
time to instigate the intervention), if the patient is in need of palliative care, if the patient or caregiver
were registered to the trial on a previous admission
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