None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
AIMS: The primary aim of this project is to determine if a simple intervention (a personalised postcard, sent monthly) improves psychosocial outcomes in patients with a recent stroke. The secondary aim is to determine appropriate outcome measures and potential mechanisms of action for a large, multi-centre, randomized controlled trial in patients surviving stroke. RESEARCH PLAN: This is a single-centre (Gosford Hospital Stroke Service), randomized, double-blind pilot/proof of concept trial of a simple intervention to improve psychosocial outcomes in patients with a recent (within 8 weeks) stroke.
Interventions
Intervention: 1 personalised postcard, sent once a month (in an envelope) for 5 months following discharge from hospital.
Participants will consent to a baseline screening assessment and interview, and contact from research staff for a period of up to six months following hospital discharge to determine their outcome and factors that might improve recovery. Specific information is archived on this site but not available for the general public to maintain blinding to treatment allocation and prim
Intervention: 1 personalised postcard, sent once a month (in an envelope) for 5 months following discharge from hospital. Participants will consent to a baseline screening assessment and interview, and contact from research staff for a period of up to six months following hospital discharge to determine their outcome and factors that might improve recovery. Specific information is archived on this site but not available for the general public to maintain blinding to treatment allocation and primary hypothesis.
Sponsors
National Stroke Foundation
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Recent (within 8 weeks) stroke; Non-depressed (<8 on Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale depression subscale at baseline - HADS); Fixed address in NSW; Sufficient English to respond to study questions; Able to provide informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
Depressed at baseline (scoring 8 or more on the HADS depression subscale)
Outcome results
None listed