A feasibility study of a randomised controlled trial of an Arts for Health group intervention (HeART of stroke) to support self-confidence and psychological wellbeing following a stroke
- Conditions
- Topic: StrokeSubtopic: RehabilitationDisease: Therapy type, Community studyCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN99728983
- Lead Sponsor
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital (UK)
- Brief Summary
2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26243555 2020 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30852528 (added 13/03/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
1. Patient of a) Royal Bournemouth Hospital OR b) Cambridgeshire Community Services
2. Diagnosis of stroke
3. 18 years of age or above
4. Physical, communication, or cognitive symptoms from stroke at five days post stroke
5. Be able to provide informed consent
6. Up to 1 year post stroke
1. Cognitive levels such that an individual would be unable to comprehend the consenting process and the intervention
2. Severe receptive aphasia which means that the person will not be able to comprehend the consenting process and the intervention
3. Already receiving a psychiatric or clinical psychology intervention We do not feel that people with long term competing health needs will benefit from this particular short term programme
4. Not being able to go to the toilet independently (this would not exclude people who use catheters /pads). This is because the artist will not be trained to assist them in the bathroom
5. Living in a residential/nursing home. An important group for a future study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Wellbeing - Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale;
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration