The Out-and-About trial: Improving quality of life after stroke

Do rehabilitation teams that receive the Out-and-about program provide more outings to community-based stroke patients over 12 months than rehabilitation teams that receive only clinical guidelines?

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611000554965

Acronym

Out-and-About

Enrollment

300

Registered

2011-05-31

Start date

2011-08-15

Completion date

2013-10-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The Out-and-about trial aims to change the practice of rehabilitation teams working with people with stroke in New South Wales, as well as increasing community participation in people with stroke. The trial will compare different types of education provided to 20 community rehabilitation teams and 300 people with stroke who they see over 12 months. It is hypothesised that teams that receive one type of education will perform better than teams that receive the other type of education.

Interventions

Guidelines + training: Physiotherapists, occupational therapists and therapy assistants in experimental teams will receive a written copy of the National Stroke Foundation's Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management 2010 to be utilised for the duration of 12 months. In addition, they will attend a half-day workshop and receive education about providing therapy to people after stroke, as well as feedback about team practice from a medical record audit.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Rehabilitation Teams: - A service providing rehabilitation to people with stroke who live in the community - Employing at least 1 x physiotherapist - Employing at least 1 x occupational therapist - Receiving at least 20 x referrals of people with stroke in the previous 12 months People with stroke: - Stroke sustained no more than 12 months previous to starting therapy - Able to walk 10 metres outdoors with/without a walking aid or supervision - Over 18 years of age - Living either at home, in a nursing home or hostel - State that they would like to get out of the house more often than they currently do

Exclusion criteria

Rehabilitation teams: - Teams solely providing transitional aged care People with stroke: - Severe cognitive deficits - A level of English comprehension which precludes the ability to provide informed consent and/or to complete baseline measures.

Outcome results