Nature-based Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation

Stroke Clinical Trial

Official title:

Nature-based Therapies Supporting Conventional Therapies in Promoting Stroke Rehabilitation: a Randomised Controlled Pilot Study.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05898542
• Other study ID #: Q062
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 31, 2023
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: June 2023
• Source: Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care
• Contact: Hanna Haveri, MD PhD
• Phone: +358444828225
• Email: hanna.haveri[@]paijatha.fi
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Stroke rehabilitation patients are subjected to additional nature-based therapies during a rehabilitation ward period.

Description:

Inward stroke rehabilitation patients are selected randomly into two groups: intervention and control groups in proportions 1-2:1. Blood samples and microbiom samples of saliva, skin and feces are taken from all patients prior to interventions. These are controlled after 4 weeks from the beginning of the study and 3 months after signing-off the ward. Questionnaires eg on moods, life quality and function deficits are conducted in the beginning of the study, after 4 weeks from the start and 3 months after signing-off. Physiological measurements will be done to observe autonomic nerve status. The interventions consisting of therapy sessions in the hospital nearby nature will be conducted trice a week one of them being an individual nature-visit with the research worker, one in group and one with family-member or volunteer. The moods and quality of life of the family-member participating in the study will also be followed up. The control group is adviced to do simple, more conventional rehabilitative tasks indoors.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: February 28, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: February 28, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Acute/Subacute stroke, rehabilitation ward patient

Exclusion Criteria:

Incapable of independent decision making Traumatic bleeding in brain tissue Severe aphasia Severe, malign ongoing disease

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Rehabilitation
• Stroke

Intervention

Procedure:
• Nature-based therapy
Therapy sessions conducted outdoors

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (7)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care	Helsinki University Central Hospital, Natural Resources Institute Finland, Tampere University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Helsinki, University of Jyvaskyla

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	PROMIS	Functional deficits	0-30 days
Secondary	WHODAS	Eg life quality	0-30 days
Secondary	GAS	Mental status	0-120 days
Secondary	Therapeutic effects	Core-10	0-30 days
Secondary	Microbiom	Microbial analyses of stool, saliva and flakes of skin	0-120 days
Secondary	Nerve system activity	A portable device measurement eg heart rate and activity	0-30 days