Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Post-Stroke Fatigue and Sleep Disturbance
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- StrokeFatigueSleep disturbanceStroke - IschaemicStroke - HaemorrhagicPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616001211459
- Lead Sponsor
- Jennie Ponsford
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Participants aged 17 to 70 years with history of stroke and clinically significant self-reported fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale [FSS] equal or above 4) and/or poor sleep (Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index [PSQI] above 5). They need to have adequate English skills, cognitive ability, visual acuity and physical ability to complete the questionnaires and therapy, as assessed by their treating neuropsychologist and live within a one-hour radius of the hospital.
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria are co-morbid neurological disorders, acute psychiatric symptoms or substance abuse, transmeridian travel or night shift work in the previous month and current sleep apnea.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment];Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment];Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment];Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment];Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS)[Baseline, 8 weeks, 16 weeks and 24 weeks from baseline assessment]