Regaining Confidence After Stroke a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial (RCAS)

University of Nottingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke

Treatments: Behavioral: A group psychosocial course

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03807284

12061

Details and patient eligibility

About

The Regaining Confidence after Stroke Course (RCAS) is a group therapy intervention to evaluate the feasibility of conducting a definitive trial, aimed to facilitate adjustment for people with stroke discharged from rehabilitation, compared with usual care. The study also aimed to evaluate the feasibility of improving mood and coping in carers of the course participants.

Full description

The Regaining Confidence after Stroke Course (RCAS) is an is an eleven week group intervention that is designed to help stroke survivors when they have finished rehabilitation to improve confidence in daily life. This feasibility study aimed to evaluate the acceptability of the course in improving confidence, mood, adjustment and increasing activity levels in stroke survivors as well as improving mood and coping in their carers.

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A clinical diagnosis of stroke within two years
• Discharged from all other rehabilitation therapies
• Not involved in trials of other psychological interventions
• Not previously attended an RCAS course

Exclusion criteria

• Score of <10 on the Barthel Index (sufficiently independent to cope in a group setting)
• Score <8 on the Sheffield Screening test for Acquired Language Disorders so that participants would be able to understand the materials being presented
• Unable to speak English
• Unable to give informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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51 participants in 2 patient groups

A group psycho-social course

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group received a group psycho-social course, a 2 hour, weekly, eleven week intervention delivered by a health professional working in stroke and usual care.

Treatment:

Behavioral: A group psychosocial course

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the usual care control group will continue to receive all other services routinely available to them as is usual practice.