Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:18 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-03-26 @ 3:18 PM
NCT ID:
NCT07484958
Eligibility Criteria:
Participants will be eligible if they meet the following criteria:
8.1.1 Inclusion criteria stroke survivors
* Adults (aged 18+) who have experienced a stroke. No time limit since stroke
* Able to provide informed consent
* Sufficient communication abilities (verbal or non-verbal, with or without support) to participate in co-design activities
* Received inpatient stroke rehabilitation after their stroke
* Has or has not previously participated in a stroke rehabilitation clinical trial during their hospital-based stroke rehabilitation
* Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives.
8.1.2 Inclusion criteria family member/friend of stroke survivor
* Adults (aged 18+) who are a family member, friend, or informal caregiver of a stroke survivor.
* Able and willing to provide informed consent.
* Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives.
8.1.3 Inclusion criteria stroke rehabilitation staff
* Registered staff currently working in stroke rehabilitation who routinely prescribe and/or supporting stroke rehabilitation activities (e.g., physiotherapist, occupational therapist, rehabilitation nurses, rehabilitation physician)
* ≥6 months of experience in hospital-based stroke rehabilitation settings
* Employed in an organisation that provides NHS hospital-based stroke rehabilitation services
* Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives.
8.1.4 Inclusion criteria healthcare leaders (e.g., Managers, Administrators, Policy Makers)
* Individuals who are accountable and responsible for the operational, clinical, and/or strategic delivery of stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation and/or therapy services within a NHS hospital
* Individuals working in an Integrated Care Board with rehabilitation and/or research in their portfolio
* Experience in implementing/influencing stroke rehabilitation policy/service delivery
* Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives.
8.1.5 Inclusion criteria stroke rehabilitation researchers
* Active researchers with experience in designing, conducting and evaluating stroke rehabilitation or physical rehabilitation research
* Affiliated with academic or research institutions
* Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives.
8.1.6 Inclusion criteria for funders
* Currently employed, contracted to, or formally affiliated with a research funding organisation that reviews, commissions or funds stroke rehabilitation research (e.g., NIHR, Stroke Association, research councils, medical research councils, professional bodies or research charities)
* Direct involvement in decision-making, monitoring or governance of stroke rehabilitation research within the past two years
* Experience with funding processes related to stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation or clinical trial oversight
8.2 Exclusion Criteria
Participants will not be eligible if they meet any the following criteria:
8.2.1 Exclusion criteria for stroke survivors
* Significant cognitive and/or communication impairment that preclude meaningful participation, even with support
* Exhibiting aggression or other behaviour issues that put themselves and others at risk
* Medical instability that would make participation unsafe or overly burdensome
* Currently enrolled in another research study that could confound participation or data collection
* Non-English speaking (research study does not offer language support).
8.2.2 Exclusion criteria for family member/friend of stroke survivor
* Not family member or friend of a stroke survivor
* Significant emotional distress or trauma that would be exacerbated by participation.
* Non-English speaking (research study does not offer language support).
8.2.3 Exclusion criteria for stroke rehabilitation staff
* Currently under disciplinary review or leave of absence.
* ≤6 experience in NHS inpatient stroke rehabilitation
* Inability to commit time to the study activities.
8.2.4 Exclusion criteria for healthcare leaders (e.g., Managers, Administrators, Policy Makers)
* Not in a leadership or decision-making role within an organisation that provides NHS inpatient stroke rehabilitation or rehabilitation/therapy services
* Not working in an Integrated Care Board/System
* No experience in implementing or influencing stroke rehabilitation policy or service delivery
* Conflict of interest with study funders or researchers.
8.2.5 Exclusion criteria for stroke rehabilitation researchers
* No direct experience with stroke or rehabilitation research in the past two years.
* No experience of hospital-based stroke or physical rehabilitation research in the past two years
* Participation that would lead to conflicts of interest with the research team or funders.
8.2.6 Exclusion criteria for funders
* Not employed by or formally affiliated with a research funding organisation that reviews, commissions or funds stroke rehabilitation research (e.g., NIHR, Stroke Association, research councils, medical research councils, professional bodies or research charities)
* No direct involvement in decision-making, monitoring or governance of stroke rehabilitation research within the past two years
* Conflict of interest with the research team or institutions delivering this study
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT07484958
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT07484958