Healthy Lifestyles After Stroke - Stroke Coach (StrokeCoach)

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cerebrovascular Accident; Apoplexy; Stroke; CVA; Cerebrovascular Apoplexy; Vascular Accident, Brain; Cerebrovascular Stroke; Stroke, Acute; Cerebrovascular Accident, Acute; Cerebral Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Lifestyle Training Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02207023

H13-03353

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of a lifestyle modification telehealth program on health-related behaviours in community-dwelling individuals living with stroke.

Full description

Participants recruited in this study will be randomly assigned to either the Healthy Lifestyle Training Program, or Attention Control Memory Training Program.

Individuals in the Healthy Lifestyle Training Program will each receive 7 lifestyle coaching telephone-sessions (30-60 minutes) with a trained lifestyle coach over a 6 month period. Individuals in the Memory Training Program will each receive 7 memory coaching telephone sessions (30-60 minutes) with a trained memory training coach over a 6 month period. 100 evaluable subjects will be recruited (124 to accommodate for 20% dropout).

Enrollment: 126 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Has experienced a stroke in the last 12 months
• 50 years of age or older
• Living in the community with phone access
• Mild to moderate stroke severity (i.e., modified Rankin Scale score ranging from 1 to 4)
• Able to communicate in English

Exclusion criteria

• Stroke of non-vascular origin
• Actively engaged in formal stroke rehabilitation services
• Uncontrolled arrhythmias
• Significant musculoskeletal or other neurological condition
• Severe aphasia or dysarthria
• Not medically stable
• Pain or co-morbidities which would preclude activity
• Living in long-term residential care
• Cognitive impairment, dependent in activities of daily living, and no caregiver participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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126 participants in 2 patient groups

Memory Training Program

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will participate in 7 memory training coaching sessions (two in the first month) over a 6 month period. The coaching sessions will be administered by phone.

Healthy Lifestyle Training Program

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will participate in 7 lifestyle coaching sessions (two in the first month) over a 6 month period. The coaching sessions will be administered by phone.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Lifestyle Training Program