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The Study in the Correlation Between the Severity of Post-stroke Fatigue and the Severity of qi Deficiency and Blood Stasis in Chinese Medicine.

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected at a single point in time - Cross-sectional
Who is being recruted

From 40 to 80 Years
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How is the trial designed

Observational
Study Start: July 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorChina Medical University Hospital
Study ContactYuan-Chen Chiu, Master of Chinese MedicineMore contacts
Last updated: August 21, 2012
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Study start date: July 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

According to the reports of department of Health, stroke has been the top three ranking in leading ten major mortality causes. Although fatigue is a common symptom after stroke, but it is easy to neglect due to fatigue is a non-specific symptom. Based on the literature review, fatigue symptom is not only common on post-stroke patient and it also has highly correlation with mortality, prognosis and efficacy of rehabilitation. In Traditional Chinese Medicine recording, Wang Qing-ren suggests that the main etiology of stroke is results from qi stagnation and blood stasis, thereafter, the study about qi deficiency and blood stasis became to the main stream for stroke until now. Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the correlation between the severity of fatigue, and the severity of qi deficiency and blood stasis.

NCT01669759
Principal SponsorChina Medical University Hospital
Study ContactYuan-Chen Chiu, Master of Chinese MedicineMore contacts
Last updated: August 21, 2012
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

90 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 40 to 80 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

7 inclusion criteria required to participate
Age:40~80 years old
Brief Fatigue Inventory-Taiwan form score >= 4
Conscious clear and can communicate
Gender: men or women
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4 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Breastfeeding women
Major disease: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart failure, myocardial infarction, chronic renal failure, liver cirrhosis
Patient with psychotic diagnosis and can't cooperate with researcher
Pregnant women

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Recruiting

China Medical University Hospital

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