Clinical trial NCT06575907: Health, Functioning, Work, and Experiences of Social and Health Services of Persons With Stroke
Official title: Health, Functioning, Work, and Experiences of Social and Health Services of Persons With Stroke
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Conditions: Stroke
Health, Subjective
Cardiovascular Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Keywords: ICF
Survey
Stroke
Health
Functioning
Work
Inclusion
Health and social services
Lead sponsor: The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: HUS Helsinki University Hospital
name: Kuopio University Hospital
name: The Finnish Brain Association
First posted: 2024-08-28
Enrollment: 7500
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Adults with cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or intracerebral hemorrhage that have been treated either in Kuopio or HUS Helsinki University Hospitals in 2018-2022.

Brief summary: The purpose of the Health, functioning, work, and experiences of social and health services of persons with stroke study (FinPostStroke) is to identify factors related to self-reported health, functioning, work, inclusion, and accessibility of social and health services, and how such factors are interconnected in Finnish adults one or more years after stroke. Participants will be targeted from two tertiary hospitals' registries and recruited via mail.

This cross-sectional explorative observational study is based on register data and postal survey. The survey questionnaire includes several valid patient-reported outcome measures. The study will add knowledge to be utilized in developing health care and rehabilitation services for people with stroke, as well as provide information for various parties involved.

Detailed description: The purpose of the Health, functioning, work, and experiences of social and health services of persons with stroke (FinPostStroke) study is to identify factors related to self-reported health, functioning, work, inclusion, and accessibility of social and health services, and how such factors are interconnected in Finnish adults one or more years after stroke. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) is used as a structured framework.

Adults with cerebral infarction, subarachnoid hemorrhage, or intracerebral hemorrhage will be targeted from Kuopio and HUS Helsinki University Hospitals' patient registries. The survey data is planned to be collected with postal questionnaire by May 2025. The questionnaire includes several valid patient-reported outcome measures to assess health and functioning, work and income, inclusion, and social and health services. Participants will be recruited via mail with an invitation letter and study information attached to the questionnaire. All participants are expected to give written informed consent prior to the study.

This study will add knowledge to be utilized in developing health care and rehabilitation services for people with stroke, as well as provide information for various parties involved. We plan to publish at least four peer-reviewed articles along with common articles and texts concerning self-reported health, functioning, work, inclusion, and accessibility of social and health services among Finnish adults with stroke.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* treated for a stroke (ICD-10 codes I60-61, I63-64) in HUS Helsinki University Hospital or in Kuopio University Hospital between January 2018 and December 2022
* stroke is primary diagnose for the treatment
* 18 years or older at the time of survey

Exclusion Criteria:

* stroke is secondary diagnose for the treatment
* treated for a stroke only as outpatient in other than emergency room
* lives abroad
* missing address

Primary outcomes:
measure: PROMIS® Global Health
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: PROMIS® 29+2 Profile
timeFrame: 7 days
measure: 12-item WHODAS 2.0
timeFrame: 30 days
measure: Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale, ESIS
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Health and social services
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Work and income
timeFrame: 30 days
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Helsinki
country: Finland
facility: The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
state: Uusimaa
Study officials:
affiliation: The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
name: Sinikka Hiekkala
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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