Home-based, tailored intervention for reducing falls after stroke: the Falls After Stroke Trial (FAST)

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Stroke; Falls; Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000728538
• Lead Sponsor: Catherine Dean

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 270

Inclusion Criteria

People with stroke will be screened and invited to participate if they:

a) are within 2 years of their first stroke (either ischaemic or haemorrhagic
b) have been discharged from formal rehabilitation and are community-dwelling
c) can walk, defined as ‘being able to walk 10 m across flat ground with or without a gait aid’
d)are adults capable of providing consent (ie, score greater than or equal to 20 on Mini-Mental State Examination score, Folstein et al 1975)

Exclusion Criteria

They will be excluded if they:

a) have moderate to severe receptive aphasia as determined by a score of less than 25/30 on the Frenchay Screening Aphasia Test (Enderby et al., 1987).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure will be falls defined according to a recent consensus statements and Cochrane review recommendations as an unexpected event in which the participant comes to rest on the ground, floor, or lower level” (Lamb et al., 2005). Participants will self report using monthly falls calendars[12 months]