Evaluation of an online intervention for improving stroke survivors' health-related quality of life: A randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this trial was to evaluate the effectiveness of an online health behaviour change intervention-Prevent 2nd Stroke (P2S)-at improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL) amongst stroke survivors at 6 months of follow-up.

Methods and findings

A prospective, blinded-endpoint randomised controlled trial, with stroke survivors as the unit of randomisation, was conducted between March 2018 and November 2019. Adult stroke survivors between 6 and 36 months post-stroke with capacity to use the intervention (determined by a score of ≥4 on the Modified Rankin Scale) and who had access and willingness to use the internet were recruited via mail-out invitations from 1 national and 1 regional stroke registry. Participants completed baseline (n = 399) and 6-month f

SUBMITTER: Guillaumier A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9017949 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature