NCT05898542

Nature-based Therapies in Stroke Rehabilitation

Nature-based Therapies Supporting Conventional Therapies in Promoting Stroke Rehabilitation: a Randomised Controlled Pilot Study.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Joint Authority for Päijät-Häme Social and Health Care · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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

Detailed description

Inward stroke rehabilitation patients are selected randomly into two groups: intervention and control groups in proportions 1-2:1. Blood samples and microbiome samples of saliva, skin and feces are taken from all patients prior to interventions. These are controlled after 4 weeks from the beginning of the study and 3 months after signing-off the ward. Questionnaires eg on moods, life quality and function deficits are conducted in the beginning of the study, after 4 weeks from the start and 3 months after signing-off. Physiological measurements will be done to observe autonomic nerve status. The interventions consisting of therapy sessions in the hospital nearby nature will be conducted thrice a week one of them being an individual nature-visit with the research worker, one in group and one with family-member or volunteer. The moods and quality of life of the family-member participating in the study will also be followed up. The control group is advised to do simple, more conventional rehabilitative tasks indoors.

Conditions

• Rehabilitation
• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Nature-based therapy	Therapy sessions conducted outdoors

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-05-31
• Primary completion: 2026-03-28
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2023-06-12
• Last updated: 2024-07-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Finland