Viewing Study NCT06362135



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Study NCT ID: NCT06362135
Status: RECRUITING
Last Update Posted: 2024-04-15
First Post: 2024-04-08

Brief Title: Virtual Home Visits for Stroke Patients and Their Caregivers
Sponsor: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Organization: The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey

Study Overview

Official Title: The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Virtual Home Visits for Stroke Patients and Their Caregivers as Part of Home Health Services
Status: RECRUITING
Status Verified Date: 2024-04
Last Known Status: None
Delayed Posting: No
If Stopped, Why?: Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access: False
If Expanded Access, NCT#: N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status: N/A
Acronym: INHABASAEV
Brief Summary: The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual home care for stroke patients and their caregivers The secondary purpose is to evaluate the usability of the application by developing a mobile application for use in virtual home visits

The study will be carried out using the mixed research model in which quantitative and qualitative methods are used together The population of the research will consist of patients and caregivers with the diagnosis of hemorrhage infarction cerebrovascular accident and cerebral infarction who applied to the Antalya Provincial Health Directorate Antalya Training and Research Hospital Home Health Unit where the study is planned to be conducted The sample of the study will consist of stroke patients and caregivers who meet the criteria for inclusion in the study The first phase of the study was designed as a parallel group single center and single blind randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual home visits in terms of time cost and caregiver competence The experimental group was the patientpatient relative group who made a virtual home visit the control group will consist of 48 patientspatient relatives who have been visited face-to-face In the second phase of the study semi-structured interview method will be used to determine the views of patientspatient relatives about virtual home visits In order to evaluate the usability of the developed application a usability survey will be applied to the group that has visited the virtual home

With the results of this study telemedicine applications in home care services will help to increase accessibility to home care services and reduce health care costsconsidered to contribute At the same time it is expected that the results of the study will contribute to the scientific literature in the field of design and application of telemedicine services which are developing and spreading
Detailed Description: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in our country with 222 In addition stroke the most common disease diagnosis has a prevalence of 35 Treatment of this disease begins in the hospital and continues at home Treatment and spread over many years There are barriers due to reasons such as the inability of stroke patients to come to the outpatient clinic bed dependency old age and living outside the central district due to the lack of advanced specialist areas related to stroke in the center and big cities In addition the Covid-19 pandemic has made it difficult for the stroke patient to benefit from home health care In our country home care services are generally for conical diseases One of the chronic diseases in the first three of these is stroke patients whose medical diagnosis is called cerebrovascular disease Stroke patients constitute an important part of home care services

Remote healthcare provides many advantages to healthcare professionals and patients with chronic disease diagnosis Some of these advantages are TÜSEB Home Health Services Report 2021 states that virtual home visits are used to reduce the risk of transmission of Covid-19 disease during the pandemic In addition to the many advantages of remote health services problems such as users readiness usability technology literacy attitudes internet access while using remote health services still continue today

Study Oversight

Has Oversight DMC: None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?: False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?: False
Is an Unapproved Device?: None
Is a PPSD?: None
Is a US Export?: None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: None