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Stroke Rehabilitation Utilizing Therapeutical Methods Designed for Nature Environments

No phase Interventional Stroke Stress, Psychological Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Depression, Anxiety

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Therapies in nature.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Stroke, Stress, Psychological, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety. 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
Finland
Next step
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Official title

Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Supported by Nature Interventions

Overview

Outpatient participants with a recent stroke diagnoses receive complimentary rehabilitation. The nature interventions include ergo- and physiotherapeutic and neurocognitive tasks with the support of an psychotherapeutic frame designed to be performed in a nature environment.

Detailed description

Patients with an acute stroke are recruited to the study when signing out from the acute hospital care services. The patients are selected randomly into two groups: intervention and control groups in proportions 1:1. During the four-week study period the partipants in the control group are encouraged to maintain light physical activity 1 to 3 times per week with or without company. The research worker contacts the participants every week. In the nature group the research worker organises individual nature visits in the nearby nature twice a week and encourages the participants to go outdoors with a close-one once a week. All interventional contacts in the nature group are performed in a ecopsychotherapeutical frame consisting of ergo- and physiotherapeutic and neurocognitive tasks.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Therapies in nature
    Therapeutic tasks in nature specifically designed for the study

Primary outcome measures

  • The effect of nature interventions on PROMIS questionnaire [Time frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
  • The effect of nature interventions on moods assessed by GAD7 [Time frame: 4 weeks]
  • The effect of nature-based intervention on neurocognitive functions in COMET questionnaire [Time frame: 4 wk]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • Acute stroke

Exclusion criteria

  • Traumatic intracranial bleeding without stroke
  • A malign, aggressive disease
  • Severe aphasia or incapable of independent decision making

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
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

Finland · 1 center
  • Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care — Lahti

Publications

  • Salonen K, Hyvonen K, Paakkolanvaara JV, Korpela K. Flow With Nature Treatment for Depression: Participants' Experiences. Front Psychol. 2022 Jan 5;12:768372. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.768372. eCollection 2021. PMID 35069344

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06633146 · HA/2233 Q062

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗