OptiCogs: A Multicomponent Intervention to Rehabilitate Cognitive Impairment in People Post-stroke
Stroke, Cardiovascular, Cognitive Impairment
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Stroke, Cardiovascular focused on measuring Feasibility, Stroke, Cognitive impairment, Multicomponent rehabilitation
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- People with a physician-confirmed diagnosis of stroke. Stroke may be ischaemic or haemorrhagic in nature.
- People aged ≥18 years old; with confirmed mild to moderate cognitive impairment using the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) (in accordance with cut-offs for impairment for OCS-plus subtasks (Demeyere et al. 2021a) and the Addenbroke's Examination III (ACE III) with a cut-off score of 88/100 (Takenoshita et al. 2019).
- People post-stroke who have a Modified Rankin Scale (MRS) score of 0-3
- Capacity to provide informed consent
- People post-stroke who are able to express their basic needs, verbally or not
- Have access to a smartphone, laptop or tablet with an internet connection
- Willingness/ interest in participating in an online intervention
- Physician-confirmed suitability to partake in this intervention
Exclusion Criteria:
- Physician-confirmed contraindications for undertaking physical activity e.g., safety, presence of unstable heart disease
- People with diagnosed TIA will be excluded
- People post-stroke with known active delirium or dementia will be excluded
- People post-stroke with a diagnosis of known pre-stroke cognitive impairment
- People post-stroke with moderate or severe visuospatial neglect
Sites / Locations
- University of Limerick
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Intervention group
OptiCogs Online is a 6-week telehealth intervention consisting of cognitive, physical activity and educational components. Cognitive component of the intervention: Throughout the six-week intervention period, there will be three individualised one-to-one cognitive sessions (occurring on week one, week three and week five), delivered by an occupational therapist. Physical activity: The physical activity component will be delivered via telehealth by a physiotherapist. Aerobic: Progressions from Week 1-Week 6 will result in individual achieving 60 mins moderate intensity aerobic activity @ frequency of 3 times per week as tolerated. Muscular strengthening: Progressions from Week 1-Week 6 will result in the person post-stroke achieving 10 strengthening exercises x 10 reps x 3 sets @ frequency of 3 times per week as tolerated. Cognitive education: The cognitive education component is underpinned by the Bridges stroke self-management package and based on self-efficacy principles.