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Participants Inclusion criteria: diagnosis of stroke has been confirmed through admission to an acute care hospital (defined
as an acute focal neurological deficit caused by cerebrovascular disease); newly referred to an eligible for home
care services (physiotherapy, speech language therapy, occupational therapy, nursing) through the Toronto
CCAC, from acute care or in-patient stroke rehabilitation hospitals; living at home in the community (outside
of an institutional setting) up to 18 months post-stroke
Exclusion criteria: refuse to give informed consent; more than 18 months post-stroke at time of recruitment;
unable to read/write English and an appropriate translator is not available; must be English-speaking
Interventions Experimental: participants in the experimental group will receive home care services from a team of professional
service providers (CCAC Care Co-ordinator, Registered Nurse, Occupational therapist, Physiotherapist,
Speech language pathologist, Nutritionist) and non-professional service providers (personal support
workers) with experience and training in stroke care. The team will provide a comprehensive, co-ordinated
and evidence-based approach to stroke rehabilitation through weekly case conferencing, a written interdisciplinary
care plan, and joint visits
Control: no intervention
Outcomes Primary outcome measures: SF-36 Health Survey
Secondary outcome measures: Stroke Impact Scale - 16; Reintegration to Normal Living Index; Short Portable
Mental Status Questionnaire; Centre for Epidemiological Studies in Depression Scale; Caregiver Reaction
Assessment Scale; Personal Resource Questionnaire; Health and Social Services Utilization Inventory; Kessler
Starting date February 2006
Contact information Maureen Markle-Reid email: mreid@mcmaster.ca
Notes Recruitment stopped but study ongoing as at 7 April 2010
Teel 2005
Trial name or title Promoting stroke caregiver health vis self care TALK: education and support telephone partnerships with
nurses
Methods A randomised, treatment/comparison, repeated-measures experimental design
Participants Older (55 years or older), spousal caregivers of persons with stroke. Participants must be living with and
caring for the stroke survivor, and the stroke must have been a first-ever stroke, occurring 6 to 36 months
prior to enrolment
Interventions Self-Care TALK is a behavioural intervention involving 6-weekly semi-structured telephone sessions with an
advanced practice nurse. Written materials are available for use during the Self-Care TALK sessions. Sessions
focus: healthy habits, building self esteem, focusing on the positive, avoiding role overload, communicating,
and building meaning
Outcomes Primary outcome measures: SF-36v2, PCS (perceived physical health) SF-36v2, MCS (perceived mental
health) (time frame: 2 months and 6 months postenrolment)
Secondary outcome measures: M-CSI: modified (caregiver strain), SRAHP (self efficacy for health), CED-D
(depression) (time frame: 2 and 6 months postenrolment)
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