Stroke Rehabilitation Utilizing Therapeutical Methods Designed for Nature Environments

Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Stroke; Depression, Anxiety; Loneliness; Stress, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: Therapies in nature

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06633146

HA/2233 Q062

Details and patient eligibility

About

Outpatient participants with a recent stroke diagnoses receive complimentary rehabilitation. The nature interventions include ergo- and physiotherapeutic and neurocognitive tasks with the support of an psychotherapeutic frame designed to be performed in a nature environment.

Full description

Patients with an acute stroke are recruited to the study when signing out from the acute hospital care services. The patients are selected randomly into two groups: intervention and control groups in proportions 1:1. During the four-week study period the partipants in the control group are encouraged to maintain light physical activity 1 to 3 times per week with or without company. The research worker contacts the participants every week. In the nature group the research worker organises individual nature visits in the nearby nature twice a week and encourages the participants to go outdoors with a close-one once a week. All interventional contacts in the nature group are performed in a ecopsychotherapeutical frame consisting of ergo- and physiotherapeutic and neurocognitive tasks.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Acute stroke

Exclusion criteria

• Traumatic intracranial bleeding without stroke
• A malign, aggressive disease
• Severe aphasia or incapable of independent decision making

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Nature intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants take part in therapeutic individual and group sessions organised in nearby nature by the research worker.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Therapies in nature

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants do not participate in organised sessions but are encouraged to maintain physical activity and social life.