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NCT Number: NCT07018102

Nurse-Led Bedside Trunk Control Care Program

This study aimed to apply care for stroke survivors by establishing trustable professional activities competency indicators and a trunk control care module for rehabilitation ward nurses during our second year.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

20 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Chung Shan Medical University

Taichung, 40201, Taiwan

About this study

Thus, the purposes of this study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of a stepwise nurse-led bedside trunk control care module intervention on improving trunk control, respiratory function, and quality of life in patients with stroke and (2) to modify and confirm the milestones and trustable professional activities of competence in trunk impairment care for patients with stroke to provide evidence-based nursing education and cultivate new nurses' competence in trunk injury care in the future.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • (a) Patients hospitalized for stroke in rehabilitation or neurology wards, currently in stable condition; (b) Trunk Impairment Scale score below 21; (c) aged 20 or above; (d) patients willing to participate.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with Trunk Impairment Scale score above 21, as this indicates that they can perform daily activities independently

Treatment and study plan

Trunk Control Care Program

Other
  • The intervention group underwent a 4-week bedside trunk control care module intervention based on routine care in a rehabilitation ward.
  • trunk control care module: combine the care strategies of "arm training, butterfly technique, shoulder control, diaphragmatic breathing" and "body awareness", practice twice a day, each time for 20-30 minutes, and can be adjusted according to the patient's condition.

Primary outcomes

  1. Trunk function

    Time frame: Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.

    Trunk Impairment Scale is used to assess patients' trunk function.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Postural control

    Time frame: Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.

    Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke is used to assess patients' postural.

  2. Respiratory function

    Time frame: Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.

    Respiratory function was assessed by the technical staff in the rehabilitation ward. examination room

  3. Body awareness

    Time frame: Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.

    Body Awareness Questionnaire is used to assess patients' body awareness.

  4. stroke impact

    Time frame: Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.

    Stroke Impact Scale is used to assess patients' quality of life.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Chung Shan Medical University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Nurse-Led Bedside Trunk Control Care Program for Patients With Stroke

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jun 12, 2025
Registry last updated
Mar 18, 2026

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