A Cluster-Randomised Implementation Trial to Promote Evidence Use by Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists working in Stroke Rehabilitation: The Promote Trial.
- Conditions
- Stroke - HaemorrhagicStroke - IschaemicStroke
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000608662
- Lead Sponsor
- Monash University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 238
Centres will be Australian rehabilitation services who treat adults with stroke who present with upper limb impairments. All centres will receive >20 stroke referrals annually.
Clinician participants will be occupational therapists, physiotherapists and/or allied health assistants who work at participating centres and deliver upper limb rehabilitation;
Patient Participants will be aged 18 years or older, have sustained a stroke in the previous 6 months that has led to upper limb impairments. Be able to read and understand spoken English to a level where they can participate in the motor training program, and be eligible for upper limb rehabilitation as per the guidelines (i.e. have a minimum of 5-degree active wrist extension) and have a maximum ability to move 30 blocks on the Box and Block Test).
Clinician participants who will not be working in the Centre for a minimum of 4 weeks of the PROMOTE period will be excluded.
Patient participants who do not receive a minimum of 1 week of upper limb rehabilitation will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical adherence to Stroke Foundation Clinical Guideline Recommendations of newly admitted patients with stroke.[Change in adherence to guideline adherence from baseline to 6- and 12-months post-Promote intervention commencement, as measured using the medical record audit in the PROMOTE versus control group clusters. ]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method