stroke
Conditions
Interventions
1:family-focused dyadic psychoeducation+usual care
Sponsors
The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: For stroke survivors, they are: (1)Being firstly diagnosed with stroke, aged 18 years or above; (2)Being able to understand the intervention and communicate with the researcher; (3)Given an informed consent to participate in this study; (4)Having a main family caregiver (i.e., another member of the dyad) as the family dyad in this study. For family caregivers, they are: (1)The main family members who are responsible to take major care of the stroke survivors; (2)Aged 18 years or above; (3)Able to understand the study and intervention and communicate with the researcher; (4)Given informed consent to participate in this study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Those stroke survivors will be excluded if they have: (1) Less than 6-month life expectancy, or other comorbidities in higher priority than their stroke rehabilitation; (2) Having moderate or severe cognitive deficits; (3) Been engaging in any other research and/or bio-psychosocial intervention; (4) High independence in daily activity performance. In addition, those family caregivers will be excluded if they have: (1) History of major mental illness such as mood and psychotic disorders; (2) Visual (blindness), auditory (deafness) and/or cognitive impairments; (3) Been engaging in other stroke care research and/or psychosocial or physical intervention.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| survivors' self-perceived functioning;caregiver burden; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| depression;family functioning;mutuality;coping ability;survivors’ health care utilisation;Anxiety;Caregiving-related injury;Caregiving competence; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactMou Huanyu
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed