My Life After Stroke” - a feasibility study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Primary Care, Primary sub-specialty: Stroke; UKCRC code/ Disease: Stroke/ Cerebrovascular diseases; Circulatory System; Stroke

• Registration Number: ISRCTN70039829
• Lead Sponsor: HS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group

Brief Summary

2022 Results article in https://doi.org/10.1080/09638288.2022.2029960 (added 16/08/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-03-22
• Study Completion: 2017-10-06
• Last Update Posted: 29 August 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 48

Inclusion Criteria

Stroke survivors:
1. People with a confirmed diagnosis of stroke
2. Willing and able to attend group sessions (with or without carer or appropriate support where necessary);
3. Able to provide informed consent
4. At least 18 years old
5. Gender: both

Carers:
The recruitment of carers will be via the stroke survivor initially and will be entered into the study if they are planning to accompany the stroke survivor on the MLAS programme. A carer can only take part if the stroke survivor takes part

Exclusion Criteria

1. No history of stroke (i.e. on a stroke register but had a TIA only)
2. Living in residential care
3. Have a terminal illness
4. Unable to understand English
5. Dementia, severe cognitive deficits or severe ongoing mental health problems that would limit their involvement
6. Currently undergoing intensive active rehabilitation (i.e. within 6 weeks of acute stroke)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
There is no primary outcome measure as this is a feasibility study. Attendance at sessions and uptake/withdrawal rates is captured. Descriptive analyses of outcome measures are undertaken to give insight into which outcome measures may be used as a primary outcome measure in a future RCT.