A Trial of Nature-based Post-stroke Fatigue Rehabilitation (NASTRU)

NCT02435043 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 101

Last updated 2020-02-13

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Summary

The aim of NASTRU was to examine whether ten weeks of nature-based rehabilitation, as add-on to standard management, could influence post-stroke fatigue (primary outcome), depression, work ability or functional outcome (secondary outcomes), compared to controls.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nature based rehabilitation

ten weeks of nature-based rehabilitation, as add-on to standard management. A rehabilitation program in groups up to 8 patients in an especially designed garden at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp. The intervention was grounded in environmental psychology and occupational therapy, supported by a multimodal rehabilitation team that utilized the garden/nature for sensory stimulation, body awareness, meaningful occupations and nature experiences.

OTHER

standard management after stroke

standard management after stroke is individualised.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University

    collaborator OTHER
  • Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    collaborator OTHER
  • Epidemiology and Register Centre South

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Region Skane

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hélène Pessah-Rasmussen, MD, Ph.D. · Skane University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
55 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-05-31
Completion
2020-01-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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