ABSTRACT
Introduction Clinical and organizational indicators have been developed to measure current
stroke practices in different organizations. Although there is a broad range of indicators
regarding the acute stroke phase, there is no synthesis of these indicators during this phase,
and information is missing on how they have been tested, validated and integrated within
organizations and clinical practice. The present article describes a scoping review protocol to
identify clinical and organizational indicators conducive to the optimal management of acute
ischemic stroke in adults. Method and analysis Our scoping review will be based on the
methodological framework developed by Arskey and O’Malley (2005). Medline, CINHAL,
Academic search complete and Cochrane Library databases will be used along with Google
Scholar and Google to identify writings that meet the inclusion criteria. All scientific studies and
grey litterature conducted and published since 2015, in French and English, dealing with clinical
and organizational indicators for the management and optimal care of adults with acute ischemic
stroke will be retained. Indicators will be classified based on the dimensions of care
performance. Next, an advisory committee composed of clinical and scientific experts together
with the partner patient will draw up a final list of indicators using the Delphi process. We expect
this scoping review to identify the best clinical and organizational indicators for optimal acute
stroke management, thus allowing for improved supervision of quality of care. Ethics and
dissemination No ethical approval is required. Dissemination of the results will be made
through scientific publications, poster and oral presentations
