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Supporting Self-employment in Young Adults with Stroke

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status

Enrolling

Conditions

Stroke

Treatments

Other: Self-employment support intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06369051
YSEmploy

Details and patient eligibility

About

This project will investigate the effects of an 8-week theory-driven online/hybrid Self-employment Skill Building Intervention on the rate of self-employment, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and psychosocial outcomes among working-age stroke survivors.

Full description

A 2-arm randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Individuals aged 18-65 years old, with a first-ever/recurrent ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke, and unemployed for at least 6 months will be recruited. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or a new intervention with usual care. The intervention is aimed at assisting survivors in becoming self-employed by developing entrepreneurial skills. Outcomes including self-employment rate, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, emotional well-being, and community reintegration at baseline, immediately and 3 months after completing the intervention. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with participants to elicit feedback on SSI.

Enrollment

156 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 64 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • 18-65 years old at the time of recruitment
  • been clinically diagnosed with a first-ever/recurrent ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke
  • a Montreal Cognitive Assessment score (MoCA) >2nd percentile
  • a paid job (full-time/part-time) at the recent onset of stroke
  • been unemployed (not in paid, full-time/part-time job) for ≥6 months at the time of recruitment
  • able to communicate in Cantonese and read Traditional Chinese.

Exclusion criteria

  • diagnosed with transient ischaemic attack
  • cerebrovascular events due to tumour
  • diagnosed with a mental condition for example depression or schizophrenia
  • incomprehensible speech
  • receiving or awaiting to receive vocational programmes
  • self-employed at the time of recruitment or planning to retire

Trial design

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

156 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
A new intervention developed to assist stroke survivors in becoming self-employed by developing entrepreneurial skills. It consists of one home visit, three online individual sessions, and four online group sessions held once a week for eight weeks.
Treatment:
Other: Self-employment support intervention
Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Usual stroke care services

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Suzanne Lo

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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