Table 1 Summary of tools included in the review
Title | Organization/Authors | Country | Publication date (review date) | Type of Tool (research evidence) | Format / Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HandiStroke: A handheld tool for the emergent evaluation of acute stroke patients | Shapiro et al. | USA | 2003 (NS) | Brief decision aid (NINDS) | Electronic/palm-based |
The stroke-thrombolytic predictive instrument | Kent et al. | USA | 2006 (NS) | Brief decision aid (NINDS 1&2, ATLANTIS A&B, ECASS II) | Electronic/web-based tool |
Patient Information Leaflet: Thrombolysis (treatment with a clot dissolving drug - alteplase) for acute stroke | The University of North Staffordshire NHS Trust | UK | 2007 (NS) | Patient information tool (NICE) | Paper/1 x A4 |
After a stroke starts: What you need to know about clot-busting therapy | Genentech | USA | 2007 (NS) | Patient information tool (NINDS) | Paper/10 x A4 |
tPA for stroke: potential benefit, risk and alternatives | American Academy of Emergency Medicine | USA | 2007 (NS) | Risk communication tool (NINDS, ECASS I/II, ATLANTIS, MAST-I/E, ASK, Cochrane Review and other literature) | Paper/3 x A4 |
Clot-busting treatment for acute stroke: patient information | NHS Lothian | UK | 2007 (NS) | Risk communication tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Clot-busting treatment for acute stroke: patient information | NHS Lothian | UK | 2008 (NS) | Risk communication tool Research evidence NS | Paper/1 x A4 |
Information for Patients about thrombolysis (clot dissolving drugs) for stroke | Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust | UK | 2008 (Sep 2011) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/2 x A4 |
Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) what you should know | American College of Emergency Physicians, American Academy of Neurology, American Heart Association/American Stroke Association | USA | 2008 (NS) | Patient information tool (FDA) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Thrombolytic Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke | Patient UK | UK | 2008 (Nov 2011) | Patient information tool (MAST-I/E, ASK, NINDS, ECASS I/II, ATLANTIS, STAT, SITS-MOST, NICE) | Web page/6 x A4 |
The Outcome Wheel a potential tool for shared decision-making in ischemic stroke thrombolysis | Cunningham | Canada | 2008 (NS) | Brief decision aid (NINDS) | Electronic/Excel file |
Information to give to patients/relatives before administration of Alteplase | Stroke Northumbria | UK | 2009 (NS) | Standardised Information (Research evidence NS) | Paper/< 1 A4 |
Stroke Thrombolysis (Clot Dissolving Drugs): an information leaflet | Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | UK | 2009 (Mar 2010) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/3 x A4 |
Information for Patients and families about tPA (Tissue Plasminogen) for Stroke | The Ottawa Hospital | Canada | 2009 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Acute Stroke Thrombolysis | University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | UK | 2009 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/4 x A5 |
Thrombolysis Treatment after Stroke | Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland | UK | 2009 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/16 x A5 |
Hypothetical representation of 16 patients treated with Activase (t-PA) vs 16 patients treated with placebo is based on NINDS results at 3Â months | Genentech | USA | 2009 (NS) | Risk communication tool (NINDS 2) | Web page/3 x A4 |
Alteplase: a treatment for stroke: Information for patients | Knapp et al. | UK | 2010 (NS) | Patient information tool (NINDS, ECASS, SITS-MOST) | Paper/4 x A5 |
Assessment and improvement of figures to visually convey benefit and risk of stroke thrombolysis | Gadhia et al. | USA | 2010 (NS) | Risk communication tool (NINDS) | Paper/1 xA4 |
Patient and carer information leaflet: thrombolysis in stroke | NHS Wales | UK | 2010 (expires 2013) | Patient information tool (NICE/SITS-MOST) | Paper/4 x A4 |
t-PA information sheet | Saint Alphonsus Health System Outreach Program | USA | 2010 (NS) | Patient information tool (FDA) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Patient Information Sheet for Thrombolysis | NHS Fife | UK | 2010 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Stroke Thrombolysis Information for Patients and Relatives | Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust | UK | 2011 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Web page/2 x A4 |
Stroke Thrombolysis - Information Sheet | South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust | UK | 2011 (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Paper/2 x A4 |
Patient Information Sheet | Massachusetts General Hospital Stroke Service | USA | Unknown (NS) | Patient information tool (FDA) | Paper/1 x A4 |
Information about tPA | Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre | Canada | Unknown (NS) | Patient information tool (Research evidence NS) | Web page/1 x A4 |