Cerebro Vascular Accident Stroke
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Universiteit Maastricht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - The diagnosis stroke should be confirmed by the physician specialized in geriatric medicine; - Time post-stroke should be maximum 10 years; - Clients must be able to give informed consent (this will be determined by the physician and by the Sheffield Screening Test for Acquired Language Disorders); - Clients should be current patients of Vitalis WoonZorg Groep; - All clients should be clinically stable, defined by having no negative hemodynamic changes occurred in the last week (determined by a physician); - Clients should at least be able to understand simple instructions. Therefore all clients are screened with the first three items of the Sheffield Screening Test for Acquired Language Disorders. Only clients who score the total eight points of these three items are included.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Living in the psychiatric or psycho-geriatric wards of the nursing home; - Diagnosed with dementia; - Age under 50; - Not able to sit awake for at least three consecutive hours in a (wheel) chair; - Comatose.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Three dynamic assessments will be administered in patients diagnosed with stroke. These dynamic assessments are; the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test, the Battery of Learning Potential for Assessing Dementia (BEPAD) and the California Verbal Learning test II. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Barthel Index and a custom-designed questionnaire about the learning potential of clients will be completed by respectively the care coordinator and the paramedic team. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed