Trial reportClinical rehabilitation2020
The effects of a dialogue-based intervention to promote psychosocial well-being after stroke: a randomized controlled trial.
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- Do self-management interventions improve self-efficacy and health-related quality of life after stroke? A systematic review.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2025Pooled it
- Integrated care management for patients following acute stroke: a systematic review.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2025Pooled it
- Non-Pharmacological Interventions Targeting Sense of Coherence Among Older Adults and Adults With Chronic Conditions: A Meta-Analysis With Trial Sequential Analysis.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Pooled it
- Are People with Aphasia Included in Stroke Trials? A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis.Clinical rehabilitation · 2023Pooled it
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- The effectiveness of a family-centred intervention after traumatic brain injury: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial.Clinical rehabilitation · 2021Trial
- Nurses' and occupational therapists' experiences of conducting a home-based psychosocial intervention following stroke: a qualitative process evaluation.BMC health services research · 2021Trial
- Analysis of Factors Affecting Quality of Life (QoL) in Middle-Aged Stroke Patients (Under 65 Years Old) in the Rehabilitation Phase: Multivariate Regression Analysis.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Psychological Stress Management and Stress Reduction Strategies for Stroke Survivors: A Scoping Review.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Article
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13 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effect of a dialogue-based intervention targeting psychosocial well-being at 12 months post-stroke.
designMulticenter, prospective, randomized, assessor-blinded, controlled trial with two parallel groups.
settingCommunity. SUBJECTS: Three-hundred and twenty-two adults (⩾18 years) with stroke within the last four weeks were randomly allocated into intervention group (
interventionsThe intervention group received a dialogue-based intervention to promote psychosocial well-being, comprising eight individual 1-1½ hour sessions delivered during the first six months post-stroke. MAIN MEASURES: The primary outcome measure was the General Health Questionnaire-28 (GHQ-28). Secondary outcome measures included the Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale-39g, the Sense of Coherence scale, and the Yale Brown single-item questionnaire.
resultsThe mean (SD) age of the participants was 66.8 (12.1) years in the intervention group and 65.7 (13.3) years in the control group. At 12 months post-stroke, the mean (SE) GHQ-28 score was 20.6 (0.84) in the intervention group and 19.9 (0.85) in the control group. There were no between-group differences in psychosocial well-being at 12 months post-stroke (mean difference: -0.74, 95% confidence interval (CI): -3.08, 1.60). The secondary outcomes showed no statistically significant between-group difference in health-related quality of life, sense of coherence, or depression at 12 months.
conclusionThe results of this trial did not demonstrate lower levels of emotional distress and anxiety or higher levels of health-related quality of life in the intervention group (dialogue-based intervention) as compared to the control group (usual care) at 12 months post-stroke.
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