A Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation With Strategy Training (CAR-ST) for Stroke Patients

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Conditions studied: Stroke

In brief

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if involving the caregivers in the strategy training (i.e. caregiver-assisted rehabilitation with strategy training, CAR-ST) works to improve activity functions in community-dwelling adults after stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does CAR-ST and strategy training alone lead to greater improvements in activity performance among stroke survivors relative to the control intervention with education? Does CAR-ST outperform strategy training alone in the efficacy of activity outcomes? Do the activity effects of CAR-ST transfer to the impairment and participation domains of outcomes? Researchers will compare the efficacy of the CAR-ST intervention against strategy training alone or control intervention (education program) to see if caregivers contribute to post-stroke functional improvements. Participants will: * receive CAR-ST, strategy training only, or an education program 1 to 2 sessions per week until finishing 10 sessions. * be assessed clinical outcomes at 4 times: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06754566

Run by

Taipei Medical University

People needed

261

Starts

2025-01-17

Expected to finish

2028-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-02-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being willing to provide informed consent
• Diagnosis with ischemic and/or hemorrhagic stroke
• Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) ranges from 2 to 4
• Rehabilitation frequency less than 3 days per week
• Having a healthy caregiver

You may not qualify if…

• Undergoing palliative care
• Major diseases or severe conditions influencing study participation, such as global aphasia, dementia, multiple organ failure, immobilization due to fracture, etc
• Moderate post-stroke cognitive impairment, with Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <22
• Pre-stroke mRS > 1
• Participating in other interventional study concurrently.

Where it is running

• Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital,Ministry of Health and Welfare — New Taipei City, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Taipei Medical University Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan (enrolling)
• Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital — New Taipei City, Taiwan
• National Taiwan University Hospital — Taipei, Taiwan

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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