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Understanding Mental Fatigue After Stroke

NCT04866420 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2022-04-07

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Summary

Mental fatigue is a major problem for stroke survivors and sometimes remains present years after the event. It is often rated as the most persisting and frustrating symptom. For many, mental fatigue has a significant negative effect on rehabilitation, and patients report difficulties with returning to previous levels of participation in their meaningful everyday activities whether at home, work or in the community.

The development of effective evidence based interventions have been limited by our understanding of post stroke fatigue. This may be attributed to the fact that the underlying mechanisms for post stroke mental fatigue are unknown. Evolving theories suggest that mental fatigue may be associated with a dysfunction in the cognitive domain of attention.

An impairment in the domain of attention may result in previously effortless activities of daily living that require sustained attention to become exhausting. Specific knowledge on the influence of background noise and other distractions on a person's ability to sustain attention after stroke is lacking. This research project will contribute to new and important knowledge in this area.

A total of 30 adults will be reviewed at least 2 months after stroke on tasks that require sustained attention. The investigators plan to observe the influence background distraction has on the ability to do these tasks and whether wearing earphones will assist with concentration levels, and reduce fatiguing situations.

This project provides a unique opportunity to investigate how a dysfunction in the cognitive domain of attention may be related to the experience of mental fatigue after stroke. The investigators will use a reaction time based test, fatigue questionnaires, alongside the wearing of earphones when examining associations. This knowledge may help to determine who is at risk of developing symptoms of mental fatigue. Furthermore, it may shed a light on possible prevention strategies, and provide more suitable guidance to those affected by mental fatigue.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

The MenFAS Study

A cross over repeated exposure randomized design observational study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Oxford Brookes University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Avril Dillon, BSc · Oxford Brookes University

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-03
Primary Completion
2021-12-05
Completion
2021-12-05

Countries

  • United Kingdom

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