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Affective Touching on Poststroke Depression

NCT03789994 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 184

Last updated 2022-06-02

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Summary

This mixed-method study includes a randomised controlled trial and an exploratory qualitative study, and aims to examine the effects of caregiver-delivered affective touch on depressive symptoms, state of attachment security, self-esteem, and perceived family harmony among stroke survivors, and to explore the mediating effect of attachment security and how an intervention may affect depressive symptoms from stroke survivor's perspective. A total of 184 survivor-caregiver dyads will be recruited from various non-governmental organisations. The dyads will be randomly allocated to intervention (IG) and control (CG) groups, stratified by the survivor's attachment style. IG caregivers will be taught to deliver a 15-minute affective touch intervention to stroke survivors. To address the attention effect, CG caregivers will be asked to sit with the survivors during a 15-minute fine motor coordination exercise. Both activities, affective touching and fine motor exercise, will be performed for 12 weeks (3 times/week), and the outcomes mentioned earlier will be measured at baseline, 12 and 36 weeks after study entry.

Conditions

  • Post-stroke Depression

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Affective touch

The affective touch comprises of two elements, namely the signal of care, love and acceptance, and stimulation of CT afferent of the skin. Caregivers will be trained to perform light stroking on stroke survivor's forearm while reviewing happy events with the use of photos.

OTHER

Fine motor exercise

Fine motor exercises that are commonly used for rehabilitation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Research Grants Council, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-12-01
Primary Completion
2022-06-30
Completion
2022-06-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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