- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03271788
Can Stroke Patients and Their Caregiver Benefit From Additive Mindfulness Training
Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effect of MBSR on Motor Learning, Attention, and Quality of Life in Stroke Patients and Their Relatives- a Monocentric Study
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The study seeks primarily to determine the effect of Mindfulness (conducted additionally to occupational therapy) on physical and mental capabilities of life of stroke patients.
Furthermore, we want to find out if Mindfulness has a positive impact towards the quality of life and the daily burden of stroke patients and their caregivers.
The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of the process-basis, resources-basis, management-basis, and scientific basis for a further larger study. We want to conduct an exploratory case study as an A-B Design in which the A-Phase is "only regular occupational therapy" (no additive intervention) and the B-Phase contains the "regular occupational therapy" and "MBSR" (Mindfulness-Course; intervention).
Four stroke patients and their closest relative will be included in the study (n=8).
The study is non-blinded and no randomised allocation will take place. We will compare the outcomes of Phase B with the outcomes of Phase A of every person.
The purpose of the exploratory case study is to analyse the feasibility of the study design that will be used in a subsequent research study.
The study will last 16 weeks; split into two parts of eight weeks (A Phase and B-Phase).
Baseline Measurement
If the patient and the caregivers are included into the study they perform several measurements and questionnaires:
- Measurements to assess physical capabilities (Patient)
- Measurement to assess attention (Patient)
- Measurements to assess Quality of life daily burden of illness and caregiving (Patient and Caregiver
- Semi structured Interviews (Patient and Caregiver)
A-Phase The stroke patient continues his/her regular occupational treatment for eight weeks.
The caregivers get no study-related treatment.
- 2nd (Midterm)-Measurement Same procedure as the baseline measurement.
B-Phase (Intervention Phase) Within the B-Phase of the study, the participant gets Mindfulness Training (intervention) in addition to the regular occupational therapy.
Before Patients and Caregivers start the MBSR Course (Mindfulness) the get information from an experienced Mindfulness trainer about e.g. duration, contents of the course, etc. They have the opportunity to ask questions.
The course lasts eight weeks. The MBSR group meet every week for 2.5h. The participants will get "homework" that they to perform at home (1h per day). If the duration of practice is to burdensome for the participants, then they can talk to the MBSR-trainer about time reduction.
- 3rd (Final) Measurement Same procedure as the baseline and second (Midterm-) measurement.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Participants (out-patients) fulfilling all of the following inclusion criteria are eligible for the study:
- Informed Consent as documented by signature (Appendix Informed Consent Form)
- Adult stroke patients (outpatients) who gets regular occupational therapy
- Time after stroke at least 6 months
- Modified Rankin Scale ≥1≤ 4
- Mini Mental State ≥ 24
Participants (caregivers) fulfilling all of the following inclusion criteria are eligible for the study:
- Close relative who is primary in charge and bear the largest burden of the caregiving of the stroke patient
Exclusion Criteria:
- Co-Morbidity (e.g. severe psychological, neurological disorders)
- Severe cognitive disorders
- Severe speech comprehension disorders
- Known or suspected drug, medication or alcohol abuse
- Inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: NA
- Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
- Masking: NONE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: stroke patients and caregivers
Stroke patients will conduct two phases ( A-Phase: regular occupational therapy; B-Phase occupational therapy with additional mindfulness) Caregivers of the patients will conduct the MBSR Course (Mindfulness) together with their relatives (Phase B).
In Phase A they will not receive any treatment.
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Participants (stroke patients and one of their closest relatives) will conduct an MBSR Course in Phase B
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Wolf Motor Function Test
Time Frame: 20min
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The Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT) quantifies upper extremity (UE) motor ability through timed and functional tasks (Wolf et al., 1995).
The first 6 items involve timed functional tasks, items 7-14 are measures of strength, and the remaining 9 items consist of analyzing movement quality when completing various tasks.
Performance is rated on a scale (Wolf et al., 2005) from 1("does not attempt with UE being tested") to 6 ("appears normal").
Lower scores indicate lower functioning levels.
Since a maximum of 120 s is allocated to each item, it is estimated to take approximately 30 min with additional time for measuring grip strength (item 14).
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20min
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Motor Activity LOG (MAL)
Time Frame: Time of performance: ca. 15 min
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The MAL is a scripted structured interview to measure real-works upper extremity function. Patients have to assess their capabilities of the upper limb in terms of
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Time of performance: ca. 15 min
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Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS)
Time Frame: 50min
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The purpose of the AMPS is to evaluate a person's quality of performance of personal or instrumental activities of daily living (ADL) by observing the person doing the task (e.g. cooking a pancake, put on socks, etc.) The AMPS is used to test a person in a relevant and familiar environment as he or she performs ADL tasks that have been prioritized by the client. It measures the degree to which a person's ADL task performances are free of increased clumsiness or physical effort, decreased efficiency, safety risk, and/or need for assistance. It is possible to score the quality of 16 ADL motor and 20 ADL process performance skills and facilitate occupation-focused documentation and occupation-based intervention planning. (Downloaded from website: http://www.innovativeotsolutions.com/content/amps/ ) |
50min
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ASPA (Attention and Performance Self-Assessment)
Time Frame: 5min
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The purpose of the self-assessment questionnaire ASPA is to evaluate and analyse a person's memory and attention that is necessary in everyday tasks.
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5min
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WHOQoL-BREF (for patients and caregivers)
Time Frame: 20 min
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The WHOQOL-BREF instrument comprises 26 items, which measure the following broad domains: physical health, psychological health, social relationships, and environment. The WHOQOL-BREF is a shorter version of the original instrument that may be more convenient for use in large research studies or clinical trials. The WHOQOL-BREF self-assessment was completed, together with socio-demographic and health status questions. Analyses of internal consistency, item-total correlations, discriminant validity and construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis, indicate that the WHOQOL-BREF has well to excellent psychometric properties of reliability and performs well in preliminary tests of validity. These results indicate that overall, the WHOQOL-BREF is a sound, cross-culturally valid assessment of QOL (Skevington et al, 2004). |
20 min
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EQ-5D
Time Frame: 5 min
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EQ-5D is a standardised measure of health status developed by the EuroQol Group in order to provide a simple, generic measure of health for clinical and economic appraisal.
EQ-5D is designed for self-completion by respondents and is ideally suited for use in postal surveys, in clinics, and in face-to-face interviews.
It is cognitively undemanding, taking only a few minutes to complete.
Instructions to respondents are included in the questionnaire (Oemar et al., 2013)
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5 min
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Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure (PRISM) (patients and caregivers)
Time Frame: 10min
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The PRISM is a tool used to represent the burden of an illness graphically.in
relation to oneself and one's life measured with the Self-Illness-Separation (SIS) instrument (Streffer et al., 2009; Kassardjian et al., 2008)
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10min
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Burden Scale of family caregivers BSFC (Häusliche Pflegeskala) only caregivers
Time Frame: 10min
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The Burden Scale of Family Caregivers (BSFC) is a 28-item questionnaire developed ot measure the levels of perceived burden of family caregivers. The BSFC is designed for use
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10min
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Semi-structured Interview (patients and caregivers)
Time Frame: 60min
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Different topics that are important for the patients and the caregivers will be discussed e.g.
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60min
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Collaborators and Investigators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Silke Neumann, MSC, Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ANTICIPATED)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 97106125033101
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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