Menglu Ouyang, Francisca González, Michelle Montalbano, April Pruski, Stephen Jan, Xia Wang, Brenda Johnson, Debbie V Summers, Pooja Khatri, Alejandra Malavera, Michael Iacobelli, Roland Faigle, Paula Munoz-Venturelli, Francisca Urrutia Goldsack, Diana Day, Thompson G Robinson, Alice C Durham, Ahtasam Ebraimo, Lili Song, Yi Sui, Wan Asyraf Wan Zaidi, Richard I Lindley, Candice Delcourt, Victor Cruz Urrutia, Craig S Anderson, Hueiming Liu
INTRODUCTION: The ongoing OPTIMISTmain study, an international, multicenter, stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial, aims to determine effectiveness and safety of low-intensity versus standard monitoring in thrombolysis-treated patients with mild-to-moderate acute ischemic stroke (AIS). An embedded process evaluation explored integration and impact of the intervention on care processes at participating US sites. METHODS: A mixed-methods approach with quantitative and qualitative data were collected between September 2021 and November 2022...
March 5, 2024: Cerebrovascular Diseases