🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2024-08-06
Strategy Training and Pets to Promote Stroke Survivor's Cognitive Performance and Community Participation (NCT05098730)
🟡 Not Yet Recruiting Observational / Diagnostic 🧠 Behavioral & Psychological Program Sponsor: University of Haifa
🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)
The study will administer an intervention called strategy training to adult stroke survivors living in the community who do and do not have pets, and will examine the role of a pet in promoting cognitive performance and community participation outcomes.
Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (6 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (21 items).
Location: University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener
Instant ChecklistCheck every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).
Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:
- Exclusion Criteria:
- Dementia as indicated by Montreal Cognitive Assessment score of 18 or lower
- Severe aphasia as indicated by the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Severity Score of 0 or 1
- Self-report of a central nervous system disorder other than stroke
- Recent drug or alcohol addiction/abuse within 3 months prior to the Mini-Neuropsychiatric Interview
- Severe mental illness as indicated by the PRIME-MD
- Prior exposure to strategy training
- Currently participate in rehabilitation therapy programs Stroke survivors without pets Inclusion Criteria:
- Primary diagnosis of acute stroke
- At least 3 months after the stroke onset
- Living in a community residence
- Cognitive impairment as indicated by an Executive Interview score of 3 or higher
🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.
📍 All Participating Trial Locations (1 Sites)
- University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights
- 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
- Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
- Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.