A Caregiver-mediated Intervention Improves the Functional Ability of Home-living Chronic Stroke Patients

NCT01693341 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2024-07-31

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Summary

To examine the feasibility of improving stroke patients' physical functional recovery and social participation through improving caregiver's care capability.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Care-giver mediated training

A physical therapist visited each subject and the caregiver (of the intervention group) once weekly for about 90 min/session to teach patient-skills and caregiver-skills. The therapist first reviewed the condition of each patient and planned patient-specific training programs, continuously performed 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

    collaborator OTHER_GOV
  • Asia University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alan. C Tsai, PhD · Asia University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-10-31
Primary Completion
2013-01-31
Completion
2013-01-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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Diseases

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