F@ce 2.0 - Information and Communication Technology-based Rehabilitation Intervention After Stroke in Sweden

Karolinska Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Rehabilitation as usual; Behavioral: Mobile phone supported and team based rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT04351178

HELD, Karolinska Institutet

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the present proposal is to implement and evaluate a new model for mobile phone supported and family-centred rehabilitation intervention (F@ce 2.0) with regard to functioning in activities in daily living and participation in everyday life among persons with stroke and their families in rural and urban areas in Sweden.

Full description

The investigators' previous feasibility study suggested beneficial effects on occupational performance and satisfaction of a mobile phone supported and person-centred rehabilitation intervention (F@ce1.0) after stroke in Stockholm, Sweden. The purpose of the present proposal is to implement and evaluate F@ce 2.0 on functioning in activities in daily living (ADL) and participation in everyday life among persons with stroke and their significant others (someone identified by the person with stroke as close i.e.partner, friend, son, daughter).

With recommendations on evaluation of complex interventions both outcomes and processes will be studied and hence both quantitative and qualitative methods will be applied. In a randomized controlled trial F@ce 2.0 will be evaluated compared to ordinary rehabilitation in urban/rural Sweden regarding; self-efficacy, perceived performance and participation in everyday activities, independence in ADL, health care utilization and the families´ perceived participation in everyday activities. Qualitative data will explore experiences of people with stroke, significant others and rehabilitation staff of participating in F@ce 2.0. The research project has a multidisciplinary perspective for sustainable rehabilitation interventions, a prerequisite for better participation in everyday life for people with stroke.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Persons who have had a stroke
• Enrolled in one of the participating home rehabilitation teams in Stockholm and Dalarna
• Able to participate in eight weeks of intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Inability to formulate activity goals
• Inability to express themselves in Swedish

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile phone supported and team based rehabilitation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will receive an 8-week mobile phone supported and team based rehabilitation intervention (F@ce 2.0)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mobile phone supported and team based rehabilitation

Rehabilitation as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Control group participants will receive rehabilitation as usual and in addition information about stroke.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Rehabilitation as usual