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CompletedNCT03415932Updated Feb 1, 2018

Health Group Intervention Among Refugees in Sweden

An interventional study of health education in Migration Stress, sponsored by Region Östergötland. Completed. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-02-01.

Sponsored by Region Östergötland · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
54
Allocation
Not applicable
Sex
All
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Study summary

This prospective intervention study evaluates whether health education and basic body awareness training reduces health care consumption and improves movement quality among refugees in Sweden.

Read the detailed description

Migration is well known to be stressful and to have a negative impact on Health. Multidisciplinary health-promoting group interventions have significantly improved self-rated health. Further, symptom improvement was shown after implementation of physical activity in form of basic body awareness training. In this study a multimodal team consisted of a physiotherapist, nurse, psychologist, dietician, and physician held sessions of three hours weekly for a period of nine weeks. The sessions started with basic body awareness training, followed by theme discussions on symptoms and health strategies. A total of 54 participants completed the intervention. Health care consumption and movement quality were measured before and after the intervention.

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Conditions studied

  • Migration Stress
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
Child (0–17), Adult (18–64), Older adult (65+)
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Refugees seeking primary care consultation or rehabilitation unit aged 18-65 years were candidates for inclusion. Based on the health care provider's assessment, patients whose health symptoms could be connected to or increased by the migration process were eligible for inclusion -

Exclusion Criteria:

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
54 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Health education

    Assessment of healt care Contacts Before and after intervention

    Behavioral: health education

Interventions

  • Behavioralhealth education

    Health information by a multimodal team

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Health care consumption

    number of Health care contacts

    Time frame: three months before and after intervention

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03415932
Lead sponsor
Region Östergötland
Responsible party
Pia Yngman-Uhlin (Principal investigator, Region Östergötland) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 30, 2018
Start date
Jan 1, 2014
Primary completion
Jan 1, 2017
Completion
Jan 1, 2017
Last update
Feb 1, 2018

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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