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Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers

NCT00178529 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2020-11-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is an interdisciplinary, intervention study with stroke survivors and their spousal caregivers after discharge from a rehabilitation unit. It will determine whether couples receiving home visits from nurses and therapists over a 6 month period demonstrate better function and less psychological distress than couples who receive information by mail. All couples are visited every 3 months by a nurse who assesses their physical and psychosocial functioning.

Conditions

  • Cerebrovascular Accident

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation, Counseling and Skill Training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Texas Woman's University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sharon K. Ostwald, PhD · The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-07-31
Completion
2005-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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