Psycho-Social Well Being Following Stroke

Conditions

Stroke

Brief summary

Multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) testing the effect of a dialogue-based psychosocial intervention for stroke acute survivors in primary care one to six months poststroke. Primary outcome is psycho-social health and wellbeing, measured by GHQ28 (primary outcome) and SAQoL (secondary outcome). 400 stroke survivors are randomized into intervention group or control group. Patients are followed up for 12 months.

Mangset M, Kitzmüller G, Evju AS, Angel S, Aadal L, Martinsen R, Bronken BA, Kvigne KJ, Bragstad LK, Hjelle EG, Sveen U, Kirkevold M.

2021-11-273 citations

10.1186/s13063-021-05765-w

Nurses' and occupational therapists' experiences of conducting a home-based psychosocial intervention following stroke: a qualitative process evaluation.

Martinsen R, Kitzmüller G, Mangset M, Kvigne K, Evju AS, Bronken BA, Bragstad LK, Hjelle EG, Sveen U, Kirkevold M.

2021-08-112 citations

10.1186/s12913-021-06857-8

Psychometric properties of a short version of Lee Fatigue Scale used as a generic PROM in persons with stroke or osteoarthritis: assessment using a Rasch analysis approach.

Bragstad LK, Lerdal A, Gay CL, Kirkevold M, Lee KA, Lindberg MF, Skogestad IJ, Hjelle EG, Sveen U, Kottorp A.

2020-06-057 citations

10.1186/s12955-020-01419-8

The General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28) as an outcome measurement in a randomized controlled trial in a Norwegian stroke population.

Hjelle EG, Bragstad LK, Zucknick M, Kirkevold M, Thommessen B, Sveen U.

2019-03-2228 citations

10.1186/s40359-019-0293-0

Implementation fidelity in a complex intervention promoting psychosocial well-being following stroke: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study.

Bragstad LK, Bronken BA, Sveen U, Hjelle EG, Kitzmüller G, Martinsen R, Kvigne KJ, Mangset M, Kirkevold M.

2019-03-1530 citations

10.1186/s12874-019-0694-z

Promoting psychosocial well-being following stroke: study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial.

Kirkevold M, Kildal Bragstad L, Bronken BA, Kvigne K, Martinsen R, Gabrielsen Hjelle E, Kitzmüller G, Mangset M, Angel S, Aadal L, Eriksen S, Wyller TB, Sveen U.

2018-04-0329 citations

10.1186/s40359-018-0223-6

Interventions

BEHAVIORALDialogue-based psychosocial rehabilitation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Investigator)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

No

Inclusion criteria

* being adults (over 18 years old), * suffered an acute stroke within the last month, * medically stable, * sufficient cognitive functioning to participate (assessed by their physician/stroke team and acceptable Raven's score (see below), * interested in participating, * able to understand and speak Norwegian, and * able to give informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

* moderate to severe dementia or other serious disease. Persons with aphasia will be examined by a speech therapist and excluded if they have significant impressive aphasia or severe expressive aphasia inconsistent with participating in the dialogues.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
General Health Questionnaire (GHQ 28)	T2 (6 months poststroke)	28 item general scale measuring emotional distress. Four subscales (somatic symptoms, anxiety/insomnia, social dysfunction and serious depression

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
The Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life scale (SAQOL-39)	T2 (6 months poststroke)	Disease-specific quality of life scale, measures patient's perspective of stroke's impact on 'physical', 'psychosocial' and 'communication' domains.

Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed