Controlled Education Of Patients After Stroke
Controlled Education Of Patients After Stroke
The main objective of the study is to compare the benefit of optimised follow-up by nursing
 personnel from the vascular neurology department, including therapeutic follow-up and an
 educational program directed to the patient and a caregiving member of his social circle,
 with that of a typical follow-up.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Patients over 60 years of age

 -  Patients who have had a first stroke, transient or permanent, ischaemic or
 haemorrhagic, justifying hospitalisation

 -  Patients with high blood pressure already treated or discovered at the time of the
 stroke and justifying the start of a treatment

 -  Patients who have had a stroke with sequelae allowing immediate return home or
 justifying a stay of less than one month in rehabilitation

 -  Patient having a member of his social circle who has agreed to provide follow-up for
 two years in association with the assigned nursing personnel in case of randomisation
 into the "optimised follow-up" group.

 Exclusion criteria

 -  Patients less than 60 years of age

 -  Patients with a history of stroke

 -  Patients who do not have high blood pressure discovered by a treatment prior to the
 stroke or by abnormal blood pressure figures during hospitalisation

 -  Patients who have had a stroke causing serious sequelae, justifying an extended stay
 in a rehabilitation department

 -  Patient who has no one in his social circle capable of working with the assigned
 nursing personnel, or patient living in an institution