Health, Functioning, Work, and Experiences of Social and Health Services of Persons With Stroke
NCT Number: NCT06575907
Acronym: FinPostStroke
Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Conditions: Stroke|Health, Subjective|Cardiovascular Diseases|Central Nervous System Diseases
Interventions: OTHER: no intervention
Sponsor: The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities
Collaborators: HUS Helsinki University Hospital|Kuopio University Hospital|The Finnish Brain Association
Sex: ALL
Age: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Enrollment: 7500
Study Design: Observational Model: |Time Perspective: p
Start Date: 2024-01-29
Completion Date: 2027-12-31
Locations: The Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities, Helsinki, Uusimaa, 00280, Finland

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.

Primary Outcome Measures: PROMIS® Global Health, The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) General Health consists of 10 items with 5-point rating scale. It is used to assess overall health, physical health, mental health, social health, fatigue, and pain., 7 days|PROMIS® 29+2 Profile, The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®) 29+2 Profile consists of 31 items with 5-point rating scale. It is used to assess physical function, anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance, ability to participate in social roles and activities, pain interference and intensity, and cognitive function., 7 days|12-item WHODAS 2.0, The 12-item World Health Organization Disability Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS) measures functioning. It consists of 12 items with 5-point rating scale (0-4), sum score ranging from 0 to 48. Higher score means more disability. It is used to assess cognition, mobility, self-care, getting along, life activities, and participation., 30 days|Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale, ESIS, Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale (ESIS) consists of 10 claims with 5-point Likert scale (1-5). The sum score of 10-50 is converted to a scale of 0 to 100. Higher score means stronger experience of inclusion. It is used to assess the experience of meaningfulness, belief in action possibilities and the perceived quality of social interaction., 1 day|Health and social services, "Health and social services" consists of 24 semistructured questions about health and social services chosen from the National Health Finland Survey., 1 year|Work and income, "Work and income" consists of 14 semistructured questions about work and income chosen from the International Spinal Cord Injury Survey., 30 days