Educating Caregivers to Reduce Complications and Improve Outcomes of Stroke Patients (ECCOS) – A Cluster-Randomized Trial

Stroke is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity.1,2 Post-stroke complications were found to be significant predictors of mortality and morbidity.3-9 Patients treated in organized stroke units had better results,10 partly attributed to prevention of complications.11 As India has a limited number of stroke units,12 most stroke patients are managed in general wards potentially leading to sub-optimal outcomes.13

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 13, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Radhakrishna Pedapati, Rohit Bhatia, Maneesh Shakywar, Akash Gupta, Sreenivas Vishnubhatla, M. V. Padma Srivastava, Manjari Tripathi, Mamta Bhushan Singh, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Vishnu V. Y, Roopa Rajan, Anu Gupta, Rajeev Aggarwal, Kameshwar Prasad Source Type: research