Promoting physical activity and exercise after stroke using a text messaging intervention (Phase 2)

Not Applicable

Completed

Conditions: Maintenance of physical activity in people who have had a stroke and are coming to the end of community rehabilitation
Circulatory System

Registration Number: ISRCTN13704805

Lead Sponsor: niversity of Dundee

Brief Summary: 2023 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37353847/ Development of intervention (added 19/10/2023) 2023 Other publications in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37409460/ Qualitative study (added 19/10/2023)

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Completed

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 44

Inclusion Criteria

Stroke survivors who:
1. Live in the community
2. Are over 18 years of age
3. Have access to and can use a mobile phone
4. Can provide informed consent
5. Have no contraindications to increasing physical activity
6. Have discussed goal setting with their therapist before discharge from rehabilitation services

Exclusion Criteria

Stroke survivors who:
1. Are unable to participate in the study over a 12-week period
2. Have medical conditions contraindicating increased physical activity or specific rehabilitation exercises
3. Cannot communicate verbally (over the telephone or face to face). These people will be excluded for this phase of the study because it involves providing informed consent, discussing the content of the intervention and giving advice on how to improve it, completing questionnaires by telephone

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Engagement of participants with the SMS intervention, assessed by their text message responses to the intervention, telephone interviews at six weeks post-recruitment and at the end of the intervention period. Interviews will seek participants' views on the intervention to refine it for future testing in a randomised controlled trial.

Secondary Outcome Measures