None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
An observational stroke cohort study of younger (18-65 years) patients admitted to a stroke units in NSW surviving to 28 days. 440 participants will be enrolled from approximately 20 stroke units over a 12 month recruitment period commencing August 2008. Following admission, and prior to 28 days post stroke, all stroke survivors aged between 18 and 65 years will be invited to be interviewed and data will be collected on demographic information, the stroke event (extracted from hospital records) and psychiatric history. At 28 days, and 6 and 12 months following their stroke data will be collected on psychosocial disability using the World Health Organisation Disability Assessment Schedule (WHO-DAS) and mood from participants during telephone interviews conducted by trained researchers based at The George Institute. The primary objective is to determine if treatable early (within 28 days of stroke) psychosocial factors are associated with return to work (paid and unpaid) at one year. The secondary objective is to determine the economic impact of not returning to work for stroke survivors.
Interventions
To observe if early psychosocial factors are associated with return to work at one year. The following indicators are observed at Baseline, 6 months and 12 months.
* Depressed Mood
* Perceptions
* Psychosocial disability
The secondary aim is to determine what the economic impact of not returning to work at 1 year is. The following main indicators will be observed at Baseline, 6 months and 12 months:
* Return to work status
* Economic hardship
* Income
* Workplace factors
* The quality of retu
To observe if early psychosocial factors are associated with return to work at one year. The following indicators are observed at Baseline, 6 months and 12 months. * Depressed Mood * Perceptions * Psychosocial disability The secondary aim is to determine what the economic impact of not returning to work at 1 year is. The following main indicators will be observed at Baseline, 6 months and 12 months: * Return to work status * Economic hardship * Income * Workplace factors * The quality of return to work * Relative demands of the job * Support received at work
Sponsors
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Aged 18 - 65 years of age; Able to read or understand English; Stroke in the previous four weeks.
Exclusion criteria
Unable to understand English sufficiently to complete questionnaires.
Outcome results
None listed