Status:
COMPLETED
Intervention for Stroke Survivors and Their Spousal Caregivers
Lead Sponsor:
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Collaborating Sponsors:
Texas Woman's University
Baylor College of Medicine
Conditions:
Cerebrovascular Accident
Eligibility:
All Genders
50+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This is an interdisciplinary, intervention study with stroke survivors and their spousal caregivers after discharge from a rehabilitation unit. It will determine whether couples receiving home visits ...
Detailed Description
This 5-year randomized intervention study uses an advanced practice nurse, with the assistance of an interdisciplinary rehabilitation team, to provide education, support, skill training, counseling, a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patient experienced a stroke within the last year Age 50 or older Going home with a spouse or committed partner Needs daily assistance Live within 50 miles fo the TMC Can be reached by telephone Able to understand English -
Exclusion
- Admitted from or being discharged to a nursing home Disability requiring total assistance Lethargic, obtunded or comatose Other significant CNS disease (ie, severe Parkinson's) Severe psychopathology Globally aphasic Other major illness that would interfere with rehabilitation (ie, advanced cancer) -
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2001
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
September 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00178529
Start Date
July 1 2001
End Date
September 1 2005
Last Update
November 5 2020
Active Locations (1)
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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030