Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
Two groups:tDCS
Sponsors
None
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. both male and female; 2. at least 18 years old; 3. any level of education or literacy; 4. well-documented stroke occurring; 5. Chinese ethnicity and fluency in the Cantonese dialect; 6. ability and willingness to give informed consent; 7. right-handed; 8. Presence of PSF as defined by the FSS score.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. history of depression or Geriatric Depression Scale (Chau et al. 2006) score of seven or more; 2. bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and/or alcohol/substance abuse/dependence; 3. history of any neurological disease other than stroke; 4. history of epilepsy, traumatic brain injury, narcolepsy, sleep apnoea, cancer or hypothyroidism; 5. history of unexplained fainting spells as self-reported; 6. Pregnancy; 7. have had no neurosurgery as self reported; 8. dementia, defined as an MMSE score of less than 20 (Chiu et al. 1994); 9. poststroke depression, defined as the presence of major depression as assessed by a psychiatrist using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (Kam 2000) and according to the DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria (American Psychiatric Association 2013); 10. taking medications known to inflcuence fatigue, such as hypntoics; 11. taking medications known to reduce the effect of tDCS, such as antipeileptic drugs; 12. previous or current use of tDCS; 13. contraindications to tDCS such as damaged skin at the site of stimulation, carrying a pacemaker, metal in the head, and implanted brain medical devices.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Fatigue; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactTANG Wai Kwong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Outcome results
None listed