Quantifying the Physical, Cognitive and Social Activity Levels Early After Stroke: How Enriched is the Acute Stroke Environment?

Quantifying Activity Levels of Survivors Early After Stroke

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12614000238673

Acronym

None

Enrollment

Registered

2014-03-06

Start date

2014-03-03

Completion date

2014-07-31

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Acute stroke patients spend as little as 13% the day in physical activity (1), but how much of their day is spent participating in cognitive and social activities remains unknown. The proposed observational study seeks to determine the: (i) physical, cognitive and social activity levels of patients very early after stroke, (ii) relationship between stroke severity and activity levels, (iii) proportion of acute stroke patients capable of engaging in greater activity and, (iv) barriers and facilitators to activity in an acute neurology unit. This is important preliminary work required to inform the translation of the use of an enriched environment into the acute setting.

Interventions

Observational Study- Quantifying activity using direct observation techniques (behavioral mapping). Patients will be observed on a randomly selected weekday every 5 minutes for 55 minutes during each of the following time periods (i) 8-11am, (ii) 11am-2pm, (iii) 2pm-5pm and (iv) 5pm-8pm. Patients will be observed for one day within the first 21 days following their stroke.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Admitted for recent stroke Estimated length of stay > 2 days

Exclusion criteria

premorbid modified Rankin Scale score > or = 3.

Outcome results