Survey on Return to Work After Stroke

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Survivor Perspective on Critical Factors to Return to Work After Stroke

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01699035
• Other study ID #: H133B080031
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 1, 2012
• Last updated: September 10, 2014
• Start date: February 2012
• Est. completion date: September 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Survey of survivor perspective on critical elements that either facilitate or inhibit return to work after a stroke. Critical elements are queried in areas of finances, stroke impairments, interpersonal support, therapeutic support, organization influences, work or job specific issues and psychological issues.

Description:

The objective of this project is to more accurately describe the stroke survivor's perspective on return to work. The survey development included qualitative analysis of a set of interviews with stroke survivors to arrive at the critical elements described above, followed by item development with an expert panel and preliminary testing of the wording and format for legibility. The survey is being administered both on-line and by paper through the mail to a wide range of survivors with the objective of obtaining a large, diverse sample. The ultimate goal of the project is to arrive at a refined set of recommendations to inform stroke survivors, health care professionals and employers to increase their sensitivity to the needs and desires of individual attempting to return to work after stroke.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 715
• Est. completion date: September 2014
• Est. primary completion date: December 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• have returned to work, have thought about returning to work, or have tried to return to work

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-stroke disability

• retired or no plan to return to work

Study Design

Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stroke

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago	U.S. Department of Education

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (1)

Hartke RJ, Trierweiler R, Bode R. Critical factors related to return to work after stroke: a qualitative study. Top Stroke Rehabil. 2011 Jul-Aug;18(4):341-51. doi: 10.1310/tsr1804-341. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	critical factors that facilitate or inhibit return to work after stroke	38 multiple choice items that assess psychological factors important to return to work, financial incentives and disincentives, the role of stroke impairments, interpersonal supports that facilitate and inhibit return, the role of therapeutic support especially vocational rehabilitation, organizational influences, and work specific issues that impact on return. Demographic information is also queried including work type and current work status. Data will be analyzed descriptively by these critical factors and also by other demographic factors such as age, work status, and race.	after collection of data on all surveys	No