Supporting Self-employment in Working-age Stroke Survivors
Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Maximum Age: 64
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• 18-65 years old at the time of recruitment
• been clinically diagnosed with a first-ever/recurrent ischaemic/haemorrhagic stroke
• a Montreal Cognitive Assessment score (MoCA) \>2nd percentile
• a paid job (full-time/part-time) at the recent onset of stroke
• been unemployed (not in paid, full-time/part-time job) for ≥6 months at the time of recruitment
• able to communicate in Cantonese and read Traditional Chinese.
Locations
Other Locations
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Non-government organisations
RECRUITING
Hong Kong
Contact Information
Primary
Suzanne Lo
suzannelo@cuhk.edu.hk
39434485
Time Frame
Start Date: 2023-01-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-12-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 156
Treatments
Experimental: 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.
No_intervention: Control
Usual stroke care services
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Chinese University of Hong Kong