An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care).

ABSTRACT:

Background

To address the limited provision of longer-term stroke care, we conducted a programme of research (LoTS2Care) to develop and test an intervention to form part of a replicable longer-term care strategy. New Start, a programme of facilitated self-management, was developed to be delivered at 6 months post-stroke by trained facilitators. Here, we report the findings from the final workstream of this programme, which aimed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a future definitive cluster randomised controlled trial of the developed intervention (New Start) to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term.

Methods

A feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted in English and Welsh NHS stroke services. Stroke servic

SUBMITTER: Forster A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature