Adapting Daily Activity Performance Through Strategy Training

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Strategy Training; Attention Control

• Registration Number: NCT01934621
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

Brief Summary

Individuals with cognitive impairments after stroke sustain significant disability in their daily tasks, and account for a significant proportion of stroke-related healthcare costs. The proposed study examines a novel intervention, strategy training, that shows promise for helping individuals with stroke-related cognitive impairments reduce disability in daily tasks, which may lead to reductions in healthcare costs. We predict that strategy training will result in significantly greater independence 6 months after stroke compared to an attention control intervention, and that strategy training may reduce cognitive impairments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-08-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-08-29
• Study First Posted: 2013-09-04
• Study Start: 2013-11
• Primary Completion: 2018-05
• Study Completion: 2020-09
• Status Verified: 2020-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-11-03
• Last Update Posted: 2020-11-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 128

Inclusion Criteria

• primary diagnosis of acute stroke
• admission to acute inpatient rehabilitation
• impairment in higher order cognitive functions (EXIT-14 ≥ 3)

Exclusion Criteria

• pre-stroke diagnosis of dementia in the medical record
• inability to follow two- step commands 80% of the time
• severe aphasia (BDAE ≤ 1)
• current major depressive, bipolar, or psychotic disorder
• drug or alcohol abuse within 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Independence with Daily Activities	Baseline to Month 6	Moderate effect size of difference between groups in independence (measured with the Functional Independence Measure)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Executive Functions	Baseline to Month 6	Moderate effect size of difference between groups in independence (measured with selected indices of the Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pittsburgh; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States