Qualitative Analysis of the Post-Stroke Continuum Among African Stroke Survivors in Alabama

NCT ID: NCT05350488

Last Updated: 2023-07-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: WITHDRAWN
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-02-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-02-28

Brief Summary

This proposal seeks to improve the investigators' post-stroke TOC process through developing an innovative, patient informed and guided solution aimed at addressing the investigators' deep south African American population within the UAB system. The investigators will engage participants in both urban and rural Alabama through informational interviews and work to find common themes to address so that future interventions are useful to their unique needs and desires. This goes beyond simply identifying barriers and endeavors to discovering solutions.

Conditions

Stroke; Disability Physical; Patient Satisfaction; Caregiver Burden

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: OTHER

Study Groups

Stroke Survivors <1 year

Group A will include participants that are less than 1 year out from their most recent stroke.

Informational Interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

Interview topics will fall in the broad categories of assessing medical knowledge and understanding of stroke, knowledge of medical and community resources, understanding and experience of post-stroke rehabilitation barriers faced upon reintegrating back home and ability to continue management of stroke diagnosis and suggestions for improvement.

Stroke Survivors >1 year

Group B will include participants that are greater than 1 year out from their most recent

Informational Interview

Intervention Type: OTHER

Interview topics will fall in the broad categories of assessing medical knowledge and understanding of stroke, knowledge of medical and community resources, understanding and experience of post-stroke rehabilitation barriers faced upon reintegrating back home and ability to continue management of stroke diagnosis and suggestions for improvement.

Caregivers

Group C will include participants' identified caregivers.

Focus Group

Intervention Type: OTHER

Focus group topics will fall into the same broad categories as the informational interviews, however will be asked from a caregiver's perspective

Interventions

Informational Interview

Interview topics will fall in the broad categories of assessing medical knowledge and understanding of stroke, knowledge of medical and community resources, understanding and experience of post-stroke rehabilitation barriers faced upon reintegrating back home and ability to continue management of stroke diagnosis and suggestions for improvement.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Focus Group

Focus group topics will fall into the same broad categories as the informational interviews, however will be asked from a caregiver's perspective

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. African American

2. Aged 40 years and older

3. Required home health therapy, outpatient therapy, skilled nursing facility or inpatient rehabilitation

4. Alabama Resident

5. Fluent in English

6. Stroke confirmed by advanced imaging (CT, MRI)

7. Zoom capability (participants can either have video conference ability or can call into Zoom line)

8. Caregivers must be identified by patients as providing a significant portion of care and/or be able to articulate their role as a caregiver

Exclusion Criteria

1. Did not require home health therapy, outpatient therapy or inpatient rehabilitation

2. Long term residents of skilled nursing facility

3. Severe aphasia

4. Severe cognitive impairments

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Alabama at Birmingham

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Danny Lee

Clinical Research Administrator II

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

300009035

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id