Description Module
The Description Module contains narrative descriptions of the clinical trial, including a brief summary and detailed description. These descriptions provide important information about the study's purpose, methodology, and key details in language accessible to both researchers and the general public.
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Description Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:56 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:56 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04040751
Brief Summary:
Carepartner and Collaborative Integrated Therapy (CARE-CITE) is a novel, web-based carepartner focused intervention designed to foster problem solving and skill building while facilitating carepartner engagement during upper extremity functional activities in the home setting. The proposed study will evaluate the application of the CARE-CITE intervention paired with usual and customary care during the sub-acute stroke.
Detailed Description:
Stroke is a leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States, and has a particularly harmful impact on individuals and families. Approximately 4.8 million stroke survivors require assistance from family members who are often untrained and ill prepared for the burdens associated with stroke rehabilitation. Family carepartners are key contributors to stroke recovery, but their efforts can lead them to experience a high level of burden and depressive symptoms, reduced quality of life and increased stress in the context of high levels of family conflict surrounding the recovery process. Rehabilitation therapy interventions have primarily targeted stroke survivor outcomes without specifically addressing the well-being of the carepartner.
The researchers of this study have developed a theory-based, family-centered intervention, Carepartner and Collaborative Integrated Therapy (CARE-CITE), designed to engage carepartners during stroke survivor upper extremity (UE) functional task practice in the home. Residual UE impairments occur in up to 80% of stroke survivors and are a primary factor in loss of functional independence. CARE-CITE guides the carepartner in collaborative goal setting and providing autonomy support (characterized by empathy, choice and reducing use of controlling language) for the stroke survivor to promote motivation and creative problem solving in UE self-management.
Participating stroke survivor and carepartner dyads will be randomized to receive the CARE-CITE intervention with usual customary care, or usual customary care alone for four weeks.
Study:
NCT04040751
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04040751