Status:
UNKNOWN
Affective Touching on Poststroke Depression
Lead Sponsor:
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Collaborating Sponsors:
Research Grants Council, Hong Kong
Conditions:
Post-stroke Depression
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
This mixed-method study includes a randomised controlled trial and an exploratory qualitative study, and aims to examine the effects of caregiver-delivered affective touch on depressive symptoms, stat...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Stroke survivor-caregiver dyads
- Hong Kong residents, aged 18 years or above,
- able to understand and give informed consent \[Abbreviated Mental Test (Hong Kong version) score ≥6\].
- Stroke survivors
- within the first three months of being diagnosed with first-onset acute ischemic/haemorrhagic stroke,
- able to comprehend verbal instructions,
- with premorbid depressive symptoms \[20-item Centre of Epidemiology Studies Depression Scale score ≥8\].
- Family caregivers
- family members who assume the primary responsibility for caring for a stroke survivor and who are identified by the survivors as their primary caregivers,
- live with the survivors and provide care ≥4 hours/day,
- have no history of self-reported or medical diagnosis of psychiatric illness,
- are able to learn and willing to provide the intervention.
Exclusion
- Stroke survivor-caregiver dyads who are not Chinese
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
184 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03789994
Start Date
December 1 2019
End Date
June 30 2022
Last Update
June 2 2022
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The Nethersole School of Nursing, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Please Select, China