United4Stroke (U4S) - El Paso Network Stroke Community Program

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, EL PASO · May 5, 2025

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Specific Aims:

Aim 1: To evaluate the adherence rate, attendance, and satisfaction associated with a community health program that combines group-based education with individual coaching sessions for stroke survivors and their caregivers.

Hypothesis 1.1: A community health program incorporating group-based education and individual coaching sessions for stroke survivors will demonstrate acceptable rates of adherence and attendance.

Hypothesis 1.2: Stroke survivors and their caregivers will report satisfaction with a group-based education community health program.

Aim 2: To examine the ef...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• • Inclusion Criteria: Individuals will be included if they are ≥ 18-years old, have had a stroke at least 6 months prior to baseline assessment, have a means of transportation to the UTEP physical therapy building to attend the program/visits, and are clinically stable (the participant's health is not rapidly worsening and there may be a level of stability in their overall health status).
• • Exclusion Criteria: Individuals will be excluded if they are unable to consent, if they do not have a means of transportation to attend the program/study visits, if they require a caregiver and the caregiver is unable to attend, if they walk greater than an average of 7,000 steps a day, if they walk at a speed less than or equal to 0.3 m/s, or if the participant attends less than 60% of the group-based educational sessions.