Falls After Stroke Trial (FAST)

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Falls; Community participation; Self efficacy; Balance; Mobility; Physical Activity; Health related quality of life; Health care utilisation and costs; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Stroke - Ischaemic

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001114134
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Sydney

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 3 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 370

Inclusion Criteria

People with stroke will be screened and invited to participate if they i) are within 5 years of their first stroke; ii) have been discharged from formal rehabilitation and are community-dwelling; iii) can walk, defined as ‘being able to walk 10 m across flat ground with or without a gait aid’; and, iv) are adults capable of providing consent (using the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire ).

Exclusion Criteria

They will be excluded if they have moderate to severe receptive aphasia as determined by a score of <7/10 on the comprehension component of the Frenchay Screening Aphasia Test (Enderby et al., 1987).
An addition to exclusions - added in March 2021- to exclude those with a walking speed of >1.4m/s and no fall in past year to ensure people with mobility or balance difficulties were included in the study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified