Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation Trial for Adults Recovering From Stroke
Tests whether caregivers joining strategy training helps adults with stroke-related daily activity problems.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: A Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation With Strategy Training (CAR-ST) for Stroke Patients
Key facts
- Where
- New Taipei City and Taipei, TaiwanSee the 5 sites
Where in Taiwan
- Taipei Medical University - Shuang Ho Hospital, Ministry of Health and WelfareNew Taipei City, TaiwanTaking people
- Taipei Tzu Chi HospitalNew Taipei City, TaiwanNot yet recruiting
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanNot yet recruiting
- Taipei Medical University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanTaking people
- Taipei Municipal Wanfang HospitalTaipei, TaiwanTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Taipei Medical University
- Trial code
- NCT06754566
- Record updated
- 17 February 2025
- Original description
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if involving the caregivers in the strategy training (i.e. caregiver-assisted rehabilitation with strategy training, CAR-ST) works to improve activity functions in community-dwelling adults after stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:Read full original descriptionShow less
A Caregiver-Assisted Rehabilitation With Strategy Training (CAR-ST) for Stroke Patients With Functional Limitations: A MultiCenter, 3-Arm Randomized Trial
The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to examine if involving the caregivers in the strategy training (i.e. caregiver-assisted rehabilitation with strategy training, CAR-ST) works to improve activity functions in community-dwelling adults after stroke. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does CAR-ST and strategy training alone lead to greater improvements in activity performance among stroke survivors relative to the control intervention with education? Does CAR-ST outperform strategy training alone in the efficacy of activity outcomes? Do the activity effects of CAR-ST transfer to the impairment and participation domains of outcomes?
Researchers will compare the efficacy of the CAR-ST intervention against strategy training alone or control intervention (education program) to see if caregivers contribute to post-stroke functional improvements.
Participants will:
* receive CAR-ST, strategy training only, or an education program 1 to 2 sessions per week until finishing 10 sessions. * be assessed clinical outcomes at 4 times: pre-intervention, post-intervention, 3-month, and 6-month follow-up.
Inclusion: Being willing to provide informed consent; Diagnosis with ischemic and/or hemorrhagic stroke; Modified Rankin Scale (mRS) ranges from 2 to 4; Rehabilitation frequency less than 3 days per week; Having a healthy caregiver.
Exclusion: Major diseases or severe conditions influencing study participation, such as global aphasia, dementia, multiple organ failure, immobilization due to fracture, etc; Moderate post-stroke cognitive impairment, with Montreal Cognitive Assessment score <22; Pre-stroke mRS > 1; Undergoing palliative care; Participating in other interventional study concurrently.