| Trial name or title |
TeleRehab for stroke patients using mobile technology |
| Methods |
RCT |
| Participants |
Patients with diagnosis of stroke being discharged from the Neurology unit and/or the Neurology Acute Care Unit Patients presenting with overall mild to moderate communication deficits, and/or Patients with score ≥ 1 on the best language and/or dysarthria parameters of the National Institute of Health Stroke Score Stroke patients being discharged to their home/primary residence awaiting outpatient speech and language therapy services Patients being discharged to their home/primary residence who would benefit from Speech and Language Pathology (SLP) therapy services but are unable to receive these secondary to various accessibility challenges (i.e. remote geographical location, limited service availability, transportation, unable to pay for SLP services) Patients must have access to Wi‐Fi connection at their home/primary residence |
| Interventions |
The study SLP will instruct the patient to use the iPad apps as an intervention for at least 1 hour per day, until they are admitted to outpatient SLP services or for a maximum of 8 weeks, whichever comes first. Throughout the telemedicine treatment phase, participants' progress will be monitored remotely by a study SLP through Apps/Skype/Facetime/Telephone consultation on a weekly basis
Control group: usual care |
| Outcomes |
Feasibility |
| Starting date |
2015 |
| Contact information |
Karen Mallet: kmallet@toh.on.ca |
| Notes |
Completed recruitment and currently writing up |
