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Poststroke Fatigue - Developing and Testing a Program to Reduce and Cope With Fatigue

NCT01629654 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2012-06-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fatigue is a common complaint after stroke, reported by 39-72% of patients. Poststroke fatigue is related to poor neurological recovery, low level of activities of daily living, decreased quality of life and may possibly affect the ability to return to work. Little is known about strategies addressing post-stroke fatigue and their effectiveness.

Aim: to develop, test and evaluate a health promotion program based on strategies addressing poststroke fatigue.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health promotion program

A 13 weeks organized program: * One group session about poststroke fatigue involving both patient and relatives * Two personal meetings, involving both patient and relatives * Three telephone meetings, involving only patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Aarhus University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • The Novo Nordic Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • Aase and Ejnar Danielsens Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marit Kirkevold, Professor · University of Aarhus, Health, Nursing Science

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-03-31
Primary Completion
2012-03-31
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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