Self-supporting Care Model in Home Environment for Patients With Stroke

National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stroke; Activities of Daily Living

Treatments: Behavioral: Home health education; Behavioral: Self-supporting Care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04744324

SKH-20201006R

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to administer intervention based on self-supporting care model in home environment and to explore the effects of this intervention on stroke patients' activities of daily living, movement, cognition, nutritional status, and quality of life.

Full description

Subjects were randomized to intervention group and control group. The experiment was designed as randomized cross-over control trial. The primary outcome included 8 measures: Barthel Index-based Supplementary Scales, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, Fugl-Meyer Assessment, Balance Computerized Adaptive Testing, Mini Mental State Examination-2nd edition, Mini Nutritional Assessment, Stroke Impact Scale, and Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 99 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age > 20 years
• Diagnosis of stroke
• The modified Rankin Scale : 2~4
• Keep sitting for half an hour by himself/herself
• Follow instructions
• Willing to sign the subject's consent

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of dementia
• History of orthopedic diseases or peripheral nerve injury
• readmission because of stroke

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Self-supporting Care Group

Experimental group

Description:

Self-supporting Care in home

Treatment:

Behavioral: Self-supporting Care

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Home Health Education

Treatment:

Behavioral: Home health education