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Table 1 Population criteria

From: Controlled Education of patients after Stroke (CEOPS)- nurse-led multimodal and long-term interventional program involving a patient’s caregiver to optimize secondary prevention of stroke: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Inclusion criteria

Patients over 40 years of age

Patients who have had a first stroke, transient or permanent, ischemic or hemorrhagic, justifying hospitalization

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

Patients who have had a stroke with sequelae allowing immediate return home or justifying a stay of less than 1 month in rehabilitation

Patient having a member of his social circle who has agreed to provide follow up for 2 years in association with the assigned nursing personnel in case of randomization into the “optimized follow up” group

Exclusion criteria

Patients below 40 years of age

Patients with a history of stroke

Patients who do not have high blood pressure discovered by treatment prior to the stroke or by abnormal blood pressure during hospitalization

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

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