A Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation for Stroke Patients

Stroke Sequelae Clinical Trial

Official title:

Feasibility of Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation in Patients With Stroke - a Pilot Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04116190
• Other study ID #: Aimo2019
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: October 2019
• Source: Vetrea Terveys Oy
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of a multidisciplinary telerehabilitation for chronic stroke patients.

Design: Chronic stroke patients eligible for multidisciplinary rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution were enrolled between September 2017 and March 2018 in a consecutive basis to receive a mixed program of inpatient rehabilitation and telerehabilitation in their homes or a traditional inpatient rehabilitation only.

Intervention: A rehabilitation course with a 3-day inpatient stay followed by an 8-week telerehabilitation period completed by 2-day evaluation stay in a rehab center. The control group received conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for two weeks in an inpatient setting.

Outcome and measures: Change in the Finnish version of Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQFin), the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Short version (WHOQOL-Bref), the Barthel Index, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI21), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) and a patient satisfaction questionnaire.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: May 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• chronic stroke (6 months or more) patient living in home

• eligible to receive rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution (meets the criteria of chronic disability and need for rehabilitation)

• for intervention group: capable to use a personal computer and telecommunication

Exclusion Criteria:

• no access or capability to use a personal computer

• significant problems in hearing, seeing or understanding information related to the intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke
• Stroke Sequelae

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Telerehabilitation
Short inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation followed by home-based telerehabilitation and a short evaluation period at the end of it.
• Conventional inpatient rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation, no adjustments due to the study.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Finland	Vetrea	Kuopio	North Savo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Vetrea Terveys Oy

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Finland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Finnish version of the Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)	Functional Status Questionnaire for evaluating self-management in home. Includes three dimensions: self-care, mobility and domestic life. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.	8 weeks
Secondary	World Health Organization Quality of Life - short version (WHOQOL-Bref)	Quality of life assessment. Includes four dimensions: physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.	8 weeks
Secondary	Beck Depression Inventory (BDI 21)	The Beck Depression Inventory for mood assessment. Scale range is 0-63 and higher scores indicate worse outcome.	8 weeks
Secondary	Barthel Index	for assessing need for help in basic activities of daily living. Scale range is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.	8 weeks