Effect of Intensified Occupational Therapy on Basic Activities of Daily Living

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: ADL

Treatments: Behavioral: Intensified occupational therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05638607

1-10-72-169-22

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to investigate the effect of an intensified occupational therapy intervention on independence in basic activities of daily living (ADL) in subjects with stroke

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First-time stroke
• <=4 on four of six Functional Independence Measure (FIM) basic ADL items

Exclusion criteria

• Not able to understand danish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Intensified occupational therapy

Experimental group

Description:

Two hours occupational therapy each weekday with specific focus on basic ADL

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intensified occupational therapy

Usual care

Active Comparator group

Description:

Occupational therapist instruct nursing staff on how to assist patients with basic ADL

Treatment:

Behavioral: Intensified occupational therapy