Motivational interviewing: altering outcome after stroke

ISRCTN	ISRCTN54465472
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN54465472
Protocol serial number	RDO/28/2/16
Sponsor	Royal Liverpool University Hospital (UK)
Funder	NHS Executive North West (UK) - Health R&D NoW (RDO/28/2/16)

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Statistical analysis plan

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Not provided at time of registration

Prof Caroline Watkins
Scientific

CPRU
Department of Nursing
University of Central Lancashire
Preston
PR1 2HE
United Kingdom

Phone	+44 (0)1772 895140
Email	clwatkins@uclan.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Single centre randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	Four sessions of motivational interviewing, given early after stroke, will benefit patients mood at 3 months post-stroke.
Ethics approval(s)	Approved by local research ethics committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Stroke
Intervention	Usual care plus four individual sessions of motivational interviewing (one per week) with the same therapist; each session lasting between 30 and 60 minutes. Control: usual care.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Mood, assessed by General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28) at 3 months post-stroke
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Misery, assessed by Yale single question depression screen 2. Function, assessed by Barthel index 3. Expectations of recovery, assessed by Stroke Expectations Questionnaire (SEQ) All outcomes assessed at 3 months post-stroke
Completion date	01/06/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Adult
Lower age limit	18 Years
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	400
Key inclusion criteria	1. Patients admitted consecutively to hospital with an acute stroke 2. Over 18 years of age 3. Able to consent (no severe cognitive and communication problems) 4. Willing to participate
Key exclusion criteria	1. Known to be moving out of area following discharge 2. Already receiving Psychiatric or Clinical Psychology treatment
Date of first enrolment	01/07/2002
Date of final enrolment	01/06/2006

CPRU

Preston
PR1 2HE
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/03/2007		Yes	No
Results article	results	01/07/2011		Yes	No
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes