Nature-based Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorJoint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care

About this trial

Stroke rehabilitation patients are subjected to additional nature-based therapies during a rehabilitation ward period.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Acute/Subacute stroke

Rehabilitation ward patient

Disqualifiers

Incapable of independent decision making

Traumatic bleeding in brain tissue

Severe aphasia

Severe, malign ongoing disease

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Nature-based therapy

    Procedure/Surgery

    Therapy sessions conducted outdoors

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Nature-based therapy intervention groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Control groupNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Functional ability

Evaluation of functional ability in intervention and control groups by Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information (PROMIS) questionnaire

Time frame
0-30 days

Secondary outcomes

1

Quality of life by WHO Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS)

Evaluation of quality of life in intervention and control groups, measured by WHODAS questionnaire.

Time frame
0-30 days
2

Assessment of the intervention impacts on rehabilitation

Evaluation of the impact of intervention into achieving the predetermined goals of rehabilitation. Measured by Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) in intervention and control group.

Time frame
0-120 days
3

Psychological or psychotherapeutic effects

Evaluation of the effect of interventions to psychological well-being or psychotherapeutic effect in comparison to control groups. Measurement by Core-10-survey.

Time frame
0-30 days
4

Intervention effects on microbiome

Measurement of the effect of intervention on participant microbiome compared to participant microbiome in the control group. Microbial analyses of stool, saliva and flakes of skin.

Time frame
0-120 days

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care

Lead sponsor

Helsinki University Central Hospital

Collaborator

University of Jyvaskyla

Collaborator

Tampere University

Collaborator

University of Eastern Finland

Collaborator

Natural Resources Institute Finland

Collaborator

University of Helsinki

Collaborator