Stroke Circulatory System Stroke, not specified as haemorrhage or infarction
Conditions
Interventions
The programme will be conducted via a hybrid approach in two parts: structured face-to-face education when survivors are in hospital or rehabilitation facilities
and telephone follow-up counselling after survivor discharge. The intervention will be initiated after survivors become stable in the hospital. The randomisation method is block randomisation with a b
2) adaptation for caring and being cared for in basic activities of daily life
and (3) psychological adjustment and stress management. An information booklet will be designed in accordance with the intervention protocol. Every session will be delivered in 1 hour. There are 2 or
Sponsors
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Stroke survivors: 1. Being firstly diagnosed with stroke within one month, aged 18 years or above 2. Being able to understand the intervention and communicate with the researcher 3. Given 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 Family caregivers: 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: Stroke survivors: 1. Less than 6 months 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 Family caregivers : 1. History of major mental illness such as mood and psychotic disorders 2. Visual (blindness), auditory (deafness) and/or cognitive impairments 3. Engaging in other stroke care research and/or psychosocial or physical intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Feasibility, measured by: 1.1. Recruitment rates (calculated as the percentage of the participants being enrolled/randomised divided by those who are eligible for study participation at baseline) 1.2. Attrition rates (calculated as the percentage of those participants not able to complete the study or the outcome assessment immediately post-intervention) 1.3. Adherence to interventions of the participants (measured as the percentage of participants attending =60% of the intervention sessions, i.e. =2 of 3 sessions in part I and =3 of 4 calls in part II) 2. Acceptability, open-ended questions, including the appropriateness of the intervention and the experiences of participating in the FDPEI, measured immediately post-intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Stroke survivors' functioning, measured by Stroke Impact Scale 3.0, at pre- and post-test 2. Caregiver burden, measured by Caregiver Burden Inventory, at pre- and post-test 3. Caregivers' competence, measured by Caregiving Competence Scale, at pre- and post-test 4. Dyads' coping, measured by Family Crisis Oriented Personal Evaluation Scale, at pre- and post-test 5. Dyads' depressive symptoms, measured by Patient Health Questionnaire-9, at pre- and post-test 6. Dyads' anxiety symptoms, measured by Generalised Anxiety Scale-7, at pre- and post-test 7. Dyads' family functioning, measured by general functioning of McMaster Family Assessment Device, at pre- and post-test 8. Dyadic relationship, measured by Mutuality Scale, at pre- and post-test | — |
Countries
China
Outcome results
None listed