Self-management supported by assistive, rehabilitation and telecare technologies
- Conditions
- Topic: Generic Health Relevance and Cross Cutting Themes, Primary Care Research Network for EnglandSubtopic: Not Assigned, Generic Health Relevance (all Subtopics)Disease: All Diseases, OtherNot ApplicableRehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN31254396
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Sheffield (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 150
User participants with one of the following conditions:
1. Stroke, congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic pain
2. People with stroke - up to 2 years post stroke
3. People diagnosed with chronic heart failure (CHF) (New York Heart Association [NYHA]) 2, 3 or 4
4. Living in the community
5. Access to a telephone line
6. Sufficient English language skills in order to understand and express themselves verbally
Carer participants:
7. Co-resident with patient participant or in very frequent contact with them
Clinician participants:
8. Currently involved in delivery of services to people with one of the three conditions
User participants:
1. Co-morbid cognitive or physical impairment to the extent that it will hinder participants from giving informed consent and/or talking in a group setting
2. In-patient in a hospital or other residential setting
Carer participants:
3. Not having a large amount of contact with a patient who has agreed to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To investigate how technology can be used to construct tailored plans of interventions to be undertaken
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. To examine the extent to which behaviour change is promoted through personalised feedback<br>2. To identify how information on signs, symptoms and lifestyle consequences can be fed back to users in a usable way<br>3. To identify how relevant signs, symptoms and lifestyle consequences of long-term conditions can be effectively monitored and modelled