The Impact of Social Phone Calls on Adults Who Have Had a Stroke

NCT ID: NCT05793255

Last Updated: 2024-01-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-03-23
• Study Completion Date: 2023-06-12

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see the impact of social visits, through weekly phone calls, on quality of life and health outcomes of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and self-rated health for adults who have experienced an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and to determine the benefit of these conversations on the student volunteer's perspective of adults who have survived a stroke

Conditions

Stroke

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Treatment group

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Social Phone Calls

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Following the collection of baseline data, the study participant will be randomly assigned to a student volunteer to begin the social phone calls. The first phone call will be scheduled to occur within one week of the consent and baseline assessments. A minimum of one social phone call will occur each week for 6weeks. Each phone call is expected to last around 1 hour with flexibility to be shorter or longer. The calls will be unstructured and designed simply to engage in conversation with the participant. The length of the phone calls, days and times will be recorded by the volunteer along with a short journal entry describing the conversation topics and any information that stood out to the volunteer. If the stroke survivor and student volunteer wish to speak more than the designated one call a week, that will be allowed if both parties agree. The same student volunteer will conduct all six sessions

Interventions

Social Phone Calls

Following the collection of baseline data, the study participant will be randomly assigned to a student volunteer to begin the social phone calls. The first phone call will be scheduled to occur within one week of the consent and baseline assessments. A minimum of one social phone call will occur each week for 6weeks. Each phone call is expected to last around 1 hour with flexibility to be shorter or longer. The calls will be unstructured and designed simply to engage in conversation with the participant. The length of the phone calls, days and times will be recorded by the volunteer along with a short journal entry describing the conversation topics and any information that stood out to the volunteer. If the stroke survivor and student volunteer wish to speak more than the designated one call a week, that will be allowed if both parties agree. The same student volunteer will conduct all six sessions

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• have a UCLA short form score of 4 or higher
• can read, write, and speak English
• have had an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke is the past year
• have a telephone and are available for weekly phone calls
• provide informed consent agreeing to be contacted by the volunteers

Exclusion Criteria

• reside outside of the home
• have Electronic Health Record documentation of Aphasia
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of <9

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jennifer Beauchamp

associate professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

HSC-SN-22-1084

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id