Stroke survivors often experience persistent unmet needs during long-term recovery. Young and middle-aged stroke survivors may face additional challenges in balancing rehabilitation with work and family responsibilities. Although digital health interventions have the potential to improve access to education and self-management support, existing programs are often provider-driven, provide limited peer support, and have short follow-up periods.
This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a patient-centered digital education and peer support intervention co-designed with young and middle-aged stroke survivors. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the usual care group. The intervention will be delivered through LINE communities and Google collaborative platforms over a 12-month period. The primary outcome is unmet needs. Secondary outcomes include stroke self-efficacy, depressive symptoms, quality of life, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and return-to-work status.
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Participants are informed that they will receive one of two post-stroke education programs but are not informed which program is the intervention. Research staff delivering the interventions and outcome assessors are blinded to treatment allocation.
Participants will receive a 12-month patient-centered digital education and peer support program
Participants will receive usual post-stroke care, including routine follow-up and telephone contacts, without access to the digital education and peer support program.
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