A Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation for Stroke Patients

October 3, 2019 updated by: Vetrea Terveys Oy

Feasibility of Multidisciplinary Telerehabilitation in Patients With Stroke - a Pilot Study

Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of a multidisciplinary telerehabilitation for chronic stroke patients.

Design: Chronic stroke patients eligible for multidisciplinary rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution were enrolled between September 2017 and March 2018 in a consecutive basis to receive a mixed program of inpatient rehabilitation and telerehabilitation in their homes or a traditional inpatient rehabilitation only.

Intervention: A rehabilitation course with a 3-day inpatient stay followed by an 8-week telerehabilitation period completed by 2-day evaluation stay in a rehab center. The control group received conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for two weeks in an inpatient setting.

Outcome and measures: Change in the Finnish version of Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQFin), the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Short version (WHOQOL-Bref), the Barthel Index, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI21), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) and a patient satisfaction questionnaire.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Finland
    • North Savo
      • Kuopio, North Savo, Finland, 71130
        • Vetrea

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • chronic stroke (6 months or more) patient living in home
  • eligible to receive rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution (meets the criteria of chronic disability and need for rehabilitation)
  • for intervention group: capable to use a personal computer and telecommunication

Exclusion Criteria:

  • no access or capability to use a personal computer
  • significant problems in hearing, seeing or understanding information related to the intervention

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: Telerehabilitation (TR)
Shortened inpatient rehabilitation mixed with home-based telerehabilitation.
Behavioral: Telerehabilitation
Short inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation followed by home-based telerehabilitation and a short evaluation period at the end of it.
EXPERIMENTAL: Conventional rehabilitation (CR)
Traditional inpatient rehabilitation
Behavioral: Conventional inpatient rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation, no adjustments due to the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Finnish version of the Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Functional Status Questionnaire for evaluating self-management in home. Includes three dimensions: self-care, mobility and domestic life. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
World Health Organization Quality of Life - short version (WHOQOL-Bref)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
Quality of life assessment. Includes four dimensions: physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
8 weeks
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI 21)
Time Frame: 8 weeks
The Beck Depression Inventory for mood assessment. Scale range is 0-63 and higher scores indicate worse outcome.
8 weeks
Barthel Index
Time Frame: 8 weeks
for assessing need for help in basic activities of daily living. Scale range is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Vetrea Terveys Oy

Investigators

  • Study Director: Kauko Pitkanen, PhD, VetreaNeuron

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

September 1, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

May 1, 2018

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

May 31, 2018

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 28, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 3, 2019

First Posted (ACTUAL)

October 4, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 4, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 3, 2019

Last Verified

October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Aimo2019

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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