Promoting Community Reintegration for Young Adults With Stroke

NCT ID: NCT04560140

Last Updated: 2024-04-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

208 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-09-01

Study Completion Date

2026-12-31

Brief Summary

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This project will investigate the effects of a Narrative and Skills-building Intervention on young stroke survivors' community reintegration and psychosocial outcomes. A randomised controlled trial will be conducted. This is a novel trial to test the short and long-term effects of a theory-based intervention on young stroke survivors' community reintegration.

Detailed Description

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This project will investigate the effects of a Narrative and Skills-building Intervention on young stroke survivors' community reintegration and psychosocial outcomes. A randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Participants will be facilitated to narrate their survival experiences and rebuild core life skills. Outcomes including community reintegration, depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, outcome expectation and satisfaction with performance of self-management behaviours will be measured. This is a novel trial to test the short and long-term effects of a theory-based intervention on young stroke survivors' community reintegration.

Conditions

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Stroke

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Intervention group

Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care with the novel 24-week Narrative and Skills-building Intervention.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Narrative and Skills-building Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention is grounded in Narrative Theory and Bandura's principles of Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectation. It will consist of eight individual sessions over six months delivered by a facilitator. Participants will be facilitated to narrate their survival experiences and rebuild core life skills.

Usual care group

Participants will receive usual stroke care.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Narrative and Skills-building Intervention

The intervention is grounded in Narrative Theory and Bandura's principles of Self-efficacy and Outcome Expectation. It will consist of eight individual sessions over six months delivered by a facilitator. Participants will be facilitated to narrate their survival experiences and rebuild core life skills.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* (1) are 18-64 years of age,
* (2) have a clinical diagnosis of first-ever or recurrent ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke,
* (3) are living at home after discharge from hospital,
* (4) have a Montreal Cognitive Assessment score \>20,
* (5) have a modified Rankin Scale score ≥3,
* (6) can communicate in Cantonese, and
* (7) are able to attend all intervention sessions.

Exclusion Criteria

* 1\) transient ischaemic attack, subdural or epidural haemorrhage,
* 2\) experienced cerebrovascular events due to tumours or head trauma,
* 3\) mental condition such as depression, schizophrenia, bipolar or personality disorder,
* 4\) incomprehensible speech or difficulty in comprehending conversations, or
* 5\) have received a self-management programme in the past.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

64 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Suzanne HS Lo

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Suzanne Lo

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Locations

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Suzanne Lo

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Hong Kong

Central Contacts

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Suzanne Lo

Role: CONTACT

852 39434485

Facility Contacts

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Suzanne Lo

Role: primary

Suzanne Lo

Role: backup

85239434485

References

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Lo SHS, Chau JPC, Choi KC, Shum EWC, Yeung JHM, Li SH. Promoting community reintegration using narratives and skills building for young adults with stroke: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Neurol. 2021 Jan 4;21(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s12883-020-02015-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 33397316 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NSI

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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