Trial reportTopics in stroke rehabilitation
Stroke caregiver outcomes from the Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK).
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Caregiver Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit
Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Intervention for Stroke Caregivers
Who cites it
38 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 103 citations in OpenAlex.
- Information provision for stroke survivors and their carers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Telephone interventions, delivered by healthcare professionals, for providing education and psychosocial support for informal caregivers of adults with diagnosed illnesses.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for Psychological Health of Stroke Caregivers: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Pooled it
- Information provision for stroke patients and their caregivers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Tracking patterns of needs during a telephone follow-up programme for family caregivers of persons with stroke.Disability and rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Comparing treatment fidelity between study arms of a randomized controlled clinical trial for stroke family caregivers.Clinical rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit for Stroke Caregivers: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.Stroke · 2015Trial
- Content validity and satisfaction with a stroke caregiver intervention program.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2009Trial
- A problem-solving early intervention for stroke caregivers: one year follow-up.Rehabilitation nursing : the official journal of the Association of Rehabilitation NursesTrial
- Perceptions and Attitudes of Informal Caregivers of Stroke Patients Regarding theHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Examining the Efficacy of the Telehealth Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK III) Intervention for Stroke Caregivers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Telehealth in Informal Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Evaluation of a carepartner-integrated telehealth gait rehabilitation program for persons with stroke: study protocol for a feasibility study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
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- The RESCUE problem solving intervention for stroke caregivers: A mixed-methods pilot study.Rehabilitation psychology · 2022Article
- Resilience and caregiving ability among caregivers of people with stroke: The mediating role of uncertainty in illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Adapting the telephone assessment and skill-building kit to the telehealth technology preferences of stroke family caregivers.Research in nursing & health · 2021Article
- Telehealth Interventions for Family Caregivers of Persons with Chronic Health Conditions: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.International journal of telemedicine and applications · 2021Review
- Factors associated with depressive symptoms of carepartners of stroke survivors after discharge from rehabilitation therapy.Topics in stroke rehabilitation · 2020Article
- Postdischarge Intervention for Stroke Caregivers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2020Article
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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeStroke caregivers often express the need for information about stroke and assistance with stroke-related care in the early discharge period. The Telephone Assessment and Skill-Building Kit (TASK) is an 8-week program that addresses caregiver needs. This study explored the efficacy of the TASK program in improving stroke caregiver outcomes.
methodGuided by a conceptual model, 6 outcomes (optimism, task difficulty, threat appraisal, depressive symptoms, life changes, general health perceptions) were measured in 40 caregivers randomized to the TASK (n=21) or an attention control group (n=19). Data were analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), controlling for baseline scores and minutes spent with the nurse.
resultsSignificant increases in optimism at 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks were found, with medium effect sizes for the TASK group relative to the control group (p<.05). Significant improvements in task difficulty at 4 weeks, and threat appraisal at both 8 weeks and 12 weeks were also found (p<.05).
conclusionCaregivers receiving the TASK intervention improved in optimism, task difficulty, and threat appraisal. Further testing of an enhanced version of the TASK program is warranted, with attention directed toward more distal stroke caregiver outcomes.
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