The Impact of Social Phone Calls on Adults Who Have Had a Stroke

NCT05793255 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSC-SN-22-1084
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 14
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to see the impact of social visits, through weekly phone calls, on quality of life and health outcomes of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and self-rated health for adults who have experienced an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and to determine the benefit of these conversations on the student volunteer's perspective of adults who have survived a stroke

Conditions

Stroke

Keywords

stroke; phone calls; social support; loneliness; ischemic stroke

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Feasibility as assessed by the number of participants who enrolled in the study

  post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Feasibility as assessed by the number of participants who completed all 6 phone calls

  post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Feasibility as assessed by the number of participants who completed all the assessments

  post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change in loneliness as assessed by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Loneliness Scale

  Baseline, post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Change in depression as assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

  Baseline, post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Change in anxiety as assessed by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 Scale (GAD 7)

  Baseline, post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Change in social support as assessed by the Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) Scale

  Baseline, post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

• Change in resilience as assessed by the brief resilience scale

  Baseline, post intervention (6 weeks from start of intervention)

Study Arms (1)

Treatment group

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Social Phone Calls

Interventions

Social Phone Calls BEHAVIORAL

Following the collection of baseline data, the study participant will be randomly assigned to a student volunteer to begin the social phone calls. The first phone call will be scheduled to occur within one week of the consent and baseline assessments. A minimum of one social phone call will occur each week for 6weeks. Each phone call is expected to last around 1 hour with flexibility to be shorter or longer. The calls will be unstructured and designed simply to engage in conversation with the participant. The length of the phone calls, days and times will be recorded by the volunteer along with a short journal entry describing the conversation topics and any information that stood out to the volunteer. If the stroke survivor and student volunteer wish to speak more than the designated one call a week, that will be allowed if both parties agree. The same student volunteer will conduct all six sessions

Treatment group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• have a UCLA short form score of 4 or higher
• can read, write, and speak English
• have had an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke is the past year
• have a telephone and are available for weekly phone calls
• provide informed consent agreeing to be contacted by the volunteers

You may not qualify if:

• reside outside of the home
• have Electronic Health Record documentation of Aphasia
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of \<9

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, 77030, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stroke; Ischemic Stroke

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Cerebrovascular Disorders; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Jennifer Beauchamp, PhD, RN

  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: associate professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2023
• First Posted: March 31, 2023
• Study Start: March 23, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 12, 2023
• Study Completion: June 12, 2023
• Last Updated: January 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)