Rehabkompassen® - a Patient-centered Digital Follow-up Tool in the Post-stroke Continuum of Care

Stroke is a leading cause of disability and with a heavy burden for the society. Despite the demands from 'Socialstyrelsen' of improving post-acute care, an effective structured follow-up to promote a patient-tailored rehabilitation remains largely lacking in the current stroke care. The overall aim of this study is to find a cost-effective solution to facilitate patient-tailored rehabilitation that improves daily and social activities and health-related quality of life for persons discharged from the acute care after stroke. We have recently developed a novel digital graphic tool, Rehabkompassen®, which based on patient-reported outcome measurements captures the patient's complex health status after stroke. Here, this tool will be used in a parallel, open-label, 2-arm prospective and multicenter pragmatic randomized controlled trial between 2022-2026. All participants (n = 1106) will be randomized according to permuted block design; and receive a usual care without (control group, n = 553) or with (intervention group, n = 553) Rehabkompassen®, within 3-month after stroke. The effectiveness of the tool on daily and social activities, quality of life and its health-economic effects will be compared at 12-month follow-up post stroke. We hypothesize that the digital tool Rehabkompassen® will provide a patient-tailored rehabilitation that improves recovery, independence, and quality of life among people with stroke in a cost-effective way.

NCT Number	NCT04915027
Lead Sponsor	Umeå University Collaborators: The Swedish Research Council, Forte: Swedish research council for health, working life and welfare, Swedish Heart Lung Foundation, Vinnova, Strokeförbundet, Västerbotten County Council, Sweden, Göteborg University, Vastra Gotaland Region, Uppsala University, Uppsala County Council, Sweden, Karolinska Institutet, Region Stockholm, Västmanland County Council, Sweden, Värmland County Council, Sweden, Sormland County Council, Sweden, Region Skane
Conditions	Stroke
Enrollment	1,106 participants
Start Date	2020-08-26
Primary Completion	2027-12 (estimated)
Study Completion	2027-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2025-07-09