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A study investigating whether training to improve visual attention can help improve to activities of daily living in patients with subacute stroke.

The effect of visual attention training on improving ADL ability in patients with subacute stroke: A pilot randomized controlled trial - VAT-ADL Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000061380
Enrollment
28
Registered
2026-04-26
Start date
2026-04-26
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Stroke

Interventions

Visual attention function training. In addition to standard rehabilitation interventions, interventions lasting approximately 20 minutes each will be conducted 5 days a week for 3 weeks outside of cli

Sponsors

Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital
Lead Sponsor
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF HUMAN SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were as follows: patients with a first-ever stroke (cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage); those who were more than 3 months post-stroke; individuals who were independent in activities of daily living prior to stroke onset; and those for whom consent was obtained from the attending physician.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria were as follows: patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage; those aged less than 20 or greater than or equal to 90 years; those with scattered cerebral infarctions; those with infratentorial lesions; patients with clear visual or hearing impairments at the time of recruitment; those with evident aphasia at recruitment; those who scored less than 24 on the MMSE-J at the most recent evaluation at recruitment; those who scored less than 3 on the SIAS visuospatial perception item at the most recent evaluation at recruitment; those with a motor FIM score greater than or equal to 78 or less than 39 at recruitment; those who required greater than or equal to 300 seconds to complete the TMT-J Part A during the pre-evaluation; those hospitalized for clinical trials or for post-stroke sequelae; those participating in other intervention studies; those who wished to resume driving after stroke and were undergoing evaluation; and those who did not provide consent.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Functional Independence Measure (FIM)(pre/post/at discharge from the hospital)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Trail Making Test-Japanese (TMT-J) Part A,Part B Behavioral Assessment of Attentional Disturbance (BAAD) Attention (Creact Co., Ltd.) Evaluation tool Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT)

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMiho Nambu

Tokyo Bay Rehabilitation Hospital Department of Rehabilitation

mihofh425@gmail.com0474539000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026