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System-integrated technology-enabled model of care to improve the health of stroke patients in rural China: protocol for SINEMA--a cluster-randomized controlled trial
This study aims to develop a system-integrated technology-enabled intervention model of care (SINEMA) for the secondary prevention of stroke in rural China and to evaluate the effectiveness of the model compared with usual care.MethodsThe SINEMA model is being implemented and evaluated through a one-year cluster-randomized controlled trial in Nanhe County, Hebei Province in China. Fifty villages from five townships are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention or the control arm (usual care) with a target to enroll 25 stroke survivors per village. Village doctors in the intervention arm 1) receive systematic cas...
Source: American Heart Journal - September 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Rational and Design of a stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial evaluating quality improvement initiative for reducing cardiovascular events among patients with acute coronary syndromes in resource-constrained hospitals in China
Conclusions The CPACS-3 study will be the first large randomized trial with sufficient power to assess the effects of a multi-faceted quality of care improvement initiative on hard clinical outcomes, in patients with ACS.
Source: American Heart Journal - December 19, 2014 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research