Electronic Capturing of Activities During REhabilitation for Upper Limb After Stroke
ConditionStroke
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Melbourne
About this trial
This is a prospective cohort study to determine the feasibility of accurate, complete, and timely real-time electronic capturing of upper limb motor intervention sessions during usual care. In clinical trials accurate reporting of usual care for people with stroke is scarce, thus understanding the control group compared to the experimental group is poor. The unit of measure in this study is therapy sessions, where a clinician is providing usual care to a patient.
The observed sessions will occur in two Austin Health settings: Acute at Austin Hospital; subacute, across Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre or the Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital. For each session, patient characteristics, dose and content of upper limb interventions will be electronically captured in REDCap. Additionally, the sessions will be video recorded to allow a second rater to assess feasibility. The secondary aim is to determine if there is an association between the dose and content of upper limb intervention sessions and the contextual factors of stroke patients. Two participant groups will be recruited: Stroke patients and Clinicians (Occupational Therapists and Allied Health Assistants).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adults (≥18 years) with a new, first or consecutive stroke, confirmed on CT or MRI.
Motor upper limb impairment defined by a Shoulder Abduction and Finger Extension (SAFE) score of 0 through 9.
Able to consent for themselves.
Likely to receive at least one upper limb intervention session as determined by the treating clinical team.
Disqualifiers
Existing co-morbidities that limit upper limb function and usual care treatment provided as determined by the treating clinical team e.g., neural or orthopeadic
Receiving palliative care or have a limited life expectancy
Deemed unable or unnecessary to participate in upper limb intervention by the treating clinical team
Treating Occupational Therapist and local allied health assistant declined to participate in the research preventing recording of usual care data
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Real-time electronic data input into REDCap
Treatment groups
146 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov