Patient Experiences With Threshold Electrical Stimulation İn Stroke: A Qualitative Study

Istanbul Medeniyet University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Device: Threshold electrical stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05688878

Qualitative study about TES

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine patient opinions and experiences about threshold electrical stimulation treatment applied to stroke patients.

Full description

An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study will be conducted . This study will be conducted with 10 stroke patients receiving threshold electrical stimulation therapy. Threshold electrical stimulation will be applied for 4 weeks, 3 days a week, for one hour. At the end of the 4th week, semi-structured focus group interviews will be held with the patients. . In the semi-structured focus group interviews, the same questions will be asked to all participants and the verbal answers to these questions will be recorded with voice recorders. Compared to taking notes by hand; It will be preferable to record the conversation with a voice recorder because it has advantages such as recording all the interviews and allowing the interviewer to focus on the interview. Thematic analysis method will be used in the evaluation of the data.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Individuals aged between 18 and 80 years,
• Individuals without communication problems,
• Individuals who have been diagnosed with stroke

Exclusion criteria

• Uncontrollable arrhythmia and/or hypertension
• Presence of advanced sensory deficit
• Visual and hearing problems
• Not having sufficient communication skills (Mini Mental Test score below 24 points)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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10 participants in 1 patient group

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

An exploratory-descriptive qualitative study will be conducted . This study will be conducted with 10 stroke patients receiving threshold electrical stimulation therapy. Threshold electrical stimulation will be applied for 4 weeks, 3 days a week, for one hour. At the end of the 4th week, semi-structured focus group interviews will be held with the patients. . In the semi-structured focus group interviews, the same questions will be asked to all participants and the verbal answers to these questions will be recorded with voice recorders. Compared to taking notes by hand; It will be preferable to record the conversation with a voice recorder because it has advantages such as recording all the interviews and allowing the interviewer to focus on the interview. Thematic analysis method will be used in the evaluation of the data.

Treatment:

Device: Threshold electrical stimulation