Improving Work Ability of Young Adults With Stroke
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Personal Resource Building and Inclusive Volunteering Intervention (PVI), Usual care.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Stroke. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Hong Kong
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Improving Work Ability of Young Adults With Stroke Through Personal Resource Building and Inclusive Volunteering: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Overview
This project will investigate effects of a novel theory-driven 6-week virtual Personal Resource Building and Inclusive Volunteering Intervention (PVI) on young stroke survivors' work ability, self-efficacy and psychosocial outcomes. It is hypothesised that participants in the intervention group, compared with the control group, will demonstrate the outcomes below at immediately and 3 months post-intervention with respect to baseline: 1) Significant improvement in work ability (primary outcome), 2) Significant improvements in self-efficacy, health-related quality of life (HRQoL), emotional well-being and social skills (secondary outcomes). Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or PVI with usual care and the control group participants will receive usual stroke care services.
Detailed description
Returning to work is a major rehabilitation priority for young stroke survivors. This project will investigate effects of a novel theory-driven 6-week virtual Personal Resource Building and Inclusive Volunteering Intervention (PVI) on young stroke survivors' work ability, self-efficacy and psychosocial outcomes. A 2-arm, assessor-blind, randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or PVI with usual care and the control group participants will receive usual stroke care services. Outcomes including work ability, self-efficacy, health-related quality of life, emotional well-being and social skills will be measured at baseline, immediately post-PVI and 3 months post-PVI.
Interventions
- Behavioral Personal Resource Building and Inclusive Volunteering Intervention (PVI)
PVI is a 6-week virtual programme aimed at building up young stroke survivors' personal resources for work through engaging in inclusive volunteering activities. - Other Usual care
Usual stroke care services include medical and health services offered by the hospitals or community-based organisations.
Primary outcome measures
- Change in the level of perceived work ability [Time frame: Change from baseline level to three months after completion of the intervention]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Change in the level of self-efficacy [Time frame: Change from baseline level to three months after completion of the intervention]
- Change in the level of health-related quality of life [Time frame: Change from baseline level to three months after completion of the intervention]
- Change in the level of emotional well-being [Time frame: Change from baseline level to three months after completion of the intervention]
- Change in the level of social skills [Time frame: Change from baseline level to three months after completion of the intervention]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 18-64 years old,
- been clinically diagnosed with a first-ever or recurrent ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke,
- living at home,
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment score >2nd percentile,
- a Modified Rankin Scale of 4 or below (moderately severe disability),
- able to communicate in Cantonese and read Traditional Chinese,
- a regular paid employment at the time of stroke,
- been unemployed for at least 3 months at the time of recruitment.
Exclusion criteria
- have been diagnosed with transient ischaemic attack,
- have experienced cerebrovascular events due to tumours,
- have been diagnosed with a mental condition such as depression, schizophrenia or bipolar disorder,
- demonstrate incomprehensible speech or difficulty in comprehending conversations, or
- have or are receiving vocational programmes.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
Study locations
Hong Kong · 1 center
- Suzanne Lo — Hong Kong
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05902195 · PVI