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NCT Number: NCT04116190

A Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation for Stroke Patients

Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of a multidisciplinary telerehabilitation for chronic stroke patients.

Design: Chronic stroke patients eligible for multidisciplinary rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution were enrolled between September 2017 and March 2018 in a consecutive basis to receive a mixed program of inpatient rehabilitation and telerehabilitation in their homes or a traditional inpatient rehabilitation only.

Intervention: A rehabilitation course with a 3-day inpatient stay followed by an 8-week telerehabilitation period completed by 2-day evaluation stay in a rehab center. The control group received conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for two weeks in an inpatient setting.

Outcome and measures: Change in the Finnish version of Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQFin), the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Short version (WHOQOL-Bref), the Barthel Index, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI21), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) and a patient satisfaction questionnaire.

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Key information

Conditions

Stroke Sequelae Brain Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Cerebrovascular Disorders Nervous System Diseases Stroke Vascular Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Vetrea

Kuopio, Northern Savonia, 71130, Finland

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • chronic stroke (6 months or more) patient living in home
  • eligible to receive rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution (meets the criteria of chronic disability and need for rehabilitation)
  • for intervention group: capable to use a personal computer and telecommunication

Exclusion criteria

  • no access or capability to use a personal computer
  • significant problems in hearing, seeing or understanding information related to the intervention

Treatment and study plan

Telerehabilitation

Behavioral

Short inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation followed by home-based telerehabilitation and a short evaluation period at the end of it.

Conventional inpatient rehabilitation

Behavioral

Multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation, no adjustments due to the study.

Primary outcomes

  1. Finnish version of the Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Functional Status Questionnaire for evaluating self-management in home. Includes three dimensions: self-care, mobility and domestic life. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.

Secondary outcomes

  1. World Health Organization Quality of Life - short version (WHOQOL-Bref)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Quality of life assessment. Includes four dimensions: physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.

  2. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI 21)

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    The Beck Depression Inventory for mood assessment. Scale range is 0-63 and higher scores indicate worse outcome.

  3. Barthel Index

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    for assessing need for help in basic activities of daily living. Scale range is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Vetrea Terveys Oy

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Feasibility of Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation in Patients With Stroke - a Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Oct 4, 2019
Registry last updated
Oct 4, 2019

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