Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cerebrovascular Accident
In brief
This is an interdisciplinary, intervention study with stroke survivors and their spousal caregivers after discharge from a rehabilitation unit. It will determine whether couples receiving home visits from nurses and therapists over a 6 month period demonstrate better function and less psychological distress than couples who receive information by mail. All couples are visited every 3 months by a nurse who assesses their physical and psychosocial functioning.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00178529
- Run by
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- People needed
- 160
- Starts
- 2001-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2005-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-05
Who can join
Age: 50 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patient experienced a stroke within the last year Age 50 or older Going home with a spouse or committed partner Needs daily assistance Live within 50 miles fo the TMC Can be reached by telephone Able to understand English -
You may not qualify if…
- Admitted from or being discharged to a nursing home Disability requiring total assistance Lethargic, obtunded or comatose Other significant CNS disease (ie, severe Parkinson's) Severe psychopathology Globally aphasic Other major illness that would interfere with rehabilitation (ie, advanced cancer) -
Where it is running
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States
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