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

Forster, Anne; Ozer, Seline; Brindle, Richard; Barnard, Lorna; Hardicre, Natasha; Crocker, Thomas F.; Chenery, Marie; Moreau, Lauren; Wright, Alan; Burton, Louisa-Jane; Hartley, Suzanne; Hulme, Claire; Dawkins, Bryony; Holloway, Ivana; House, Allan; Hewison, Jenny; Farrin, Amanda; Atkinson, Ross; Prashar, Arvin; Cornwall, Nicola; Clarke, David; Meads, David; Schmitt, Laetitia; Young, John; Dickerson, Josie; Hawkins, Rebecca; McEachan, Rosemary; Fay, Matthew; McKevitt, Christopher; Foy, Robbie; Carter, Gillian; Richardson, Gillian; Roberts, Elaine; on behalf of the LoTS2Care Programme Team

Abstract

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.

Citation

Forster, A., Ozer, S., Brindle, R., Barnard, L., Hardicre, N., Crocker, T. F., …on behalf of the LoTS2Care Programme Team. (2023). An intervention to support stroke survivors and their carers in the longer term: results of a cluster randomised controlled feasibility trial (LoTS2Care). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01258-6

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Feb 9, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Mar 15, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023-03
• Deposit Date: Jun 7, 2023
• Journal: Pilot and Feasibility Studies
• Print ISSN: 2055-5784
• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-023-01258-6
• Keywords: Medicine (miscellaneous)
• PMID: 36922866
• Additional Information: Received: 16 September 2022; Accepted: 9 February 2023; First Online: 15 March 2023; : ; : Favourable ethical opinion was provided by the Yorkshire and the Humber — Leeds East Research Ethics Committee (16/YH/0068).; : Not applicable.; : The authors declare that they have no competing interests.