Tablets and Technology During Stroke Recovery

Determining the effect of access to and use of tablet technology on stroke survivor quality of life.

Status

Not yet recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000081617

Acronym

TNT

Enrollment

Registered

2014-01-22

Start date

2014-01-28

Completion date

2014-06-30

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

TNT is a pilot randomised control trial to determine the effect that access to and use of tablet technology within the first month following inpatient stroke rehabilitation has on stroke survivor quality of life. The primary aims of our pilot study TNT are to: 1. Determine the effect that access to and use of tablet use has on stroke survivor:quality of life, mood, cognition, communication, self efficacy and activity participation. 2. Estimate the frequency and nature of tablet use when stroke survivors are given training and access to tablet technology within the inpatient rehabilitation and community setting. We hypothesise that stroke survivors who use an iPad during the first month following discharge from rehabilitation will experience a better quality of life than those survivors who do not use this technology. Furthermore, we predict there will be a trend towards better mood, cognition, communication, self efficacy and higher levels of activity participation in survivors whom have access to iPads. Data from this pilot RCT study will be used to inform the design of future trials to determine the functional efficacy of tablet use during stroke rehabilitation.

Interventions

Patients in the intervention group will be given an iPad on discharge from inpatient rehabilitation. They will have it for 4 weeks and during this time will be able to use the iPad and the accompanying applications, in any way they so desire. Applications loaded on the iPads given to patients will include but are not limited to those which by design facilitate: communication (ie. Speech Sounds on Cue, Conversation TherAppy), cognitive function (Memory, iMazing), dexterity (ie. Dexteria), movement (ie. physiotherapyexercises.com), socialisation (ie. Facebook, Safari for email access) and participation in fun leisure based games (ie. Angry Birds, Uno). Frequency of use of computer technology (which includes tablet devices such as the iPad, but also computers/smart phones/iPods) will be collected in both the control and intervention group through weekly telephone surveys .

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patient has been admitted for rehabilitation for a recent (<12 weeks ago) stroke (infarct or haemorrhagic) Patient received training and used tablet technology (i.e. iPad) during their inpatient stay

Exclusion criteria

Unable to follow one stage instructions Pre-morbid or stroke related impairments preventing effective use of the iPad (may include cognition, motor planning or visual impairments) Patient has arranged access to a tablet device to use after discharge

Outcome results