Knowledge Translation Interventions; which are most effective in upper limb rehabilitation?

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stroke; brain injury; Clinician adherence to clinical practice guidelines; Upper limb hemiplegia; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Occupational therapy; Stroke - Ischaemic; Stroke - Haemorrhagic; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Neurological - Other neurological disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000596101
• Lead Sponsor: a Trobe University

Brief Summary

Both the facilitator-mediated (Group A) and the self-directed (Group B) implementation packages were feasible to deliver in the rehabilitation setting. Therapists in Group A displayed behaviour change and were found to adhere significantly more to clinical practice guideline recommendations after three months of intervention exposure. We found no significant behaviour change for participants of Group B or Group C from the beginning to the end of intervention. We found no significant differences between any of the groups for upper limb outcomes

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2017-11-27
• Study Start: 2019-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 27 December 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

Therapist participants inclusion criteria:
•Registered occupational therapist (OT) or physiotherapist (PT) working at one or two of the participating sites
•Working with an acquired brain injury patient (i.e. stroke and/or trauma) caseload.

Patient participants inclusion criteria:
•The treating therapist had consented to participating in the study;
•The patient was currently receiving therapy to address upper limb goal/s
•The patient has documented upper limb goals; and
•The patient (or their proxy) was able to provide consent to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient participants with a degenerative brain injury will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility: Study recruitment of occupational therapists and physiotherapists (i.e. target users of the guidelines), assessed by determining the proportion of consented/those approached.[3 Months post-intervention commencement];Feasibility: Time commitment for study participation, assessed by calculating the total time reportedly spent on implementation activities per Group.[3 Months post-intervention commencement];Feasibility: Therapists perspectives on intervention feasibility, assessed via a survey of participating therapists at completion of study. The survey was designed specifically for this study.[3 Months post-intervention commencement]