A Home-Based Behaviour Change Intervention With Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity in People With Stroke and Diabetes-A Feasibility and Safety Study.
Stefan Sjørslev Ndene-Bodilsen, Mette Aadahl, Trine Hørmann Thomsen and 1 others
PMID 40088479WHAT IT FOUND
Fourteen stroke survivors with diabetes completed a 12-week home-based behaviour change programme.
Recruitment was slow, questionnaire completion was low, and no efficacy claims can be made from this safety and feasibility test.
Key findings
01The intervention was feasible for delivery and safety, but recruitment was slow and self-reported questionnaire completion was poor.
02Adverse events including falls occurred but were considered unrelated to the intervention itself.
03Because there was no control group, changes in sedentary time or activity cannot be attributed to the intervention.
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What it does not show
The study had no control group, so it is impossible to know if any changes in activity were due to the intervention or natural recovery. The sample size was very small (n=14), limiting generalizability. Recruitment was extremely slow, with only 14 participants completing the study out of 698 screened. Self-reported measures like quality of life and self-efficacy had very low completion rates, making those data unreliable. Participants had relatively mild strokes (median mRS 1), so results may not apply to those with more severe disability.
Declared interests
No specific funding sources or conflicts of interest were declared in the provided text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not interpret the observed changes in sedentary time or step counts as evidence that the intervention works. The study had no control group, and the authors explicitly state that changes could not be attributed to the intervention alone.