NCT06369051

Supporting Self-employment in Young Adults with Stroke

Supporting Self-employment in Working-age Stroke Survivors

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 156 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 64 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project will investigate the effects of an 8-week theory-driven online/hybrid Self-employment Skill Building Intervention on the rate of self-employment, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, and psychosocial outcomes among working-age stroke survivors.

Detailed description

A 2-arm randomised controlled trial will be conducted. Individuals aged 18-65 years old, with a first-ever/recurrent ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke, and unemployed for at least 6 months will be recruited. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to receive usual care or a new intervention with usual care. The intervention is aimed at assisting survivors in becoming self-employed by developing entrepreneurial skills. Outcomes including self-employment rate, self-efficacy, life satisfaction, emotional well-being, and community reintegration at baseline, immediately and 3 months after completing the intervention. Semi-structured interviews will be conducted with participants to elicit feedback on SSI.

Conditions

• Stroke

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Self-employment support intervention	A new intervention developed to assist stroke survivors in becoming self-employed by developing entrepreneurial skills. It consists of one home visit, three online individual sessions, and four online group sessions held once a week for eight weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-01-01
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2026-12-31
• First posted: 2024-04-16
• Last updated: 2024-11-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Hong Kong