Motivators and Barriers for Physical Activity in Patients With Minor Stroke

April 4, 2022 updated by: Christina Kruuse, Herlev Hospital
The aim of this study is to investigate motivators and barriers for physical activity in patients discharged from hospital for a minor stroke or TIA. The study has a qualitative research design and will be conducted by focus group interviews.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Little is known about motivators and barriers for physical activity after hospital discharge for patients with a minor stroke or TIA. These patients have few and temporary symptoms and are therefore discharged early from the hospital or seen in a outpatient TIA clinic. Standard treatment are preventive medication and advice on self-managed lifestyle changes. Occurrence of one ischemic stroke or TIA predisposes to further ischemic strokes and patients are at risk of developing cognitive deficits or vascular dementia over time unless multiple preventive measures are taken including physical activity. The purpose is to investigate motivators and barriers for physical activity after hospital discharge by focus-group interviewing this potential fragile group of patients. The research team want to facilitate the patients to be physically active and thereby prevent a recurrent stroke and slow the progression of vascular diseases.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

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

  • Denmark
    • Herlev
      • Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark, 2730
        • Herlev Hospital

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

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with ischemic stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) without the need of a re-habilitation plan, but needs an exercise plan in order to prevent a recurrent stroke
  • Patients who have participated in ≤ 1 hour of vigorous intensity activity on weekly basis within the last 3 months
  • Patients able to speak, read, and understand Danish
  • Patients ≥ 18 years of age and able to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with previous large artery stroke with sequelae preventing aerobic exercise in groups
  • Symptoms or comorbidities preventing aerobic exercise in groups
  • Dyspnoea caused by heart or lung diseases (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD))
  • Aphasia or dementia interfering with participation in aerobic groups exercise
  • Patients with Intermittent claudication/vascular claudication

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: PREVENTION
  • Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Patients with stroke without exercise experience
Patients who are discharged from the hospital within one month after a minor stroke or TIA and are not offered physical rehabilitation afterwards
Behavioral: A focus group interview
this is a qualitative study using focus group interviewing.
OTHER: Patients with stroke with exercise experience
Patients with a minor stroke who have participated in an exercise study (HITPALS)
Behavioral: A focus group interview
this is a qualitative study using focus group interviewing.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Motivators for physical activity
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The study has a qualitative research design using focus group interviewing
through study completion, an average of 1 year
Barriers for physical activity
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
The study has a qualitative research design using focus group interviewing
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Herlev Hospital

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)

June 1, 2020

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

March 21, 2021

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

January 16, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 30, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 1, 2020

First Posted (ACTUAL)

April 2, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

April 5, 2022

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 4, 2022

Last Verified

April 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H-20014119

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Individual participant´s data cannot be shared with 3rd parties as these data are protected by Danish law

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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