Nurse-Led Bedside Trunk Control Care Program

Not Applicable

Not yet recruiting

• Conditions: Stroke

• Registration Number: NCT07018102
• Lead Sponsor: Chung Shan Medical University

Brief Summary

This study aimed to apply care for stroke survivors by establishing trustable professional activities competency indicators and a trunk control care module for rehabilitation ward nurses during our second year.

Detailed Description

Thus, the purposes of this study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of a stepwise nurse-led bedside trunk control care module intervention on improving trunk control, respiratory function, and quality of life in patients with stroke and (2) to modify and confirm the milestones and trustable professional activities of competence in trunk impairment care for patients with stroke to provide evidence-based nursing education and cultivate new nurses' competence in trunk injury care in the future.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2025-06
• Study First Submitted: 2025-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2025-06-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-06-27
• Last Update Posted: 2025-07-01
• Study Start: 2025-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2025-09-01
• Study Completion: 2026-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 130

Inclusion Criteria

• (a) Patients hospitalized for stroke in rehabilitation or neurology wards, currently in stable condition; (b) Trunk Impairment Scale score below 21; (c) aged 20 or above; (d) patients willing to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

• Patients with Trunk Impairment Scale score above 21, as this indicates that they can perform daily activities independently

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Trunk function	Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.	Trunk Impairment Scale is used to assess patients' trunk function.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Respiratory function	Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.	Respiratory function was assessed by the technical staff in the rehabilitation ward. examination room
Body awareness	Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.	Body Awareness Questionnaire is used to assess patients' body awareness.
stroke impact	Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.	Stroke Impact Scale is used to assess patients' quality of life.
Postural control	Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention.	Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke is used to assess patients' postural.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Chung Shan Medical University; 🇨🇳 Taichung, Taiwan