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Effect Of 5-Minute Movies Shown Via A Mobile Phone App On Risk Factors And Mortality After Stroke In A Low- To Middle-Income Country: Randomized Controlled Trial For The Stroke Caregiver Dyad Education Intervention (Movies4stroke), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Shahvaiz Magsi, Aresha Malani, Zahra Peera, Saadia Sattar, Masood Ahmed Akram, Sumaira Shahnawaz, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Saleem Sayani, Azmina Artani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Sarah Saleem Jan 2020

Effect Of 5-Minute Movies Shown Via A Mobile Phone App On Risk Factors And Mortality After Stroke In A Low- To Middle-Income Country: Randomized Controlled Trial For The Stroke Caregiver Dyad Education Intervention (Movies4stroke), Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Adeel Khoja, Bushra Usmani, Shahvaiz Magsi, Aresha Malani, Zahra Peera, Saadia Sattar, Masood Ahmed Akram, Sumaira Shahnawaz, Maryam Zulfiqar, Abdul Muqeet, Fabiha Zaidi, Saleem Sayani, Azmina Artani, Syed Iqbal Azam, Sarah Saleem

Section of Neurology

Background: Pakistan is the sixth most populous nation in the world and has an estimated 4 million stroke survivors. Most survivors are taken care of by community-based caregivers, and there are no inpatient rehabilitation facilities.
Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of locally designed 5-min movies rolled out in order of relevance that are thematically delivered in a 3-month program to deliver poststroke education to stroke survivor and caregiver dyads returning to the community.
Methods: This study was a randomized controlled, outcome assessor–blinded, parallel group, single-center superiority trial in which participants (stroke survivor-caregiver …