Stroke survivors and staff team up to fix trial slip-ups

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Participants will be eligible if they meet the following criteria: 8.1.1 Inclusion criteria stroke survivors * Adults (aged 18+) who have experienced a stroke. No time limit since stroke * Able to provide informed consent * Sufficient communication abilities (verbal or non-verbal, with or without support) to participate in co-design activities * Received inpatient stroke rehabilitation after their stroke * Has or has not previously participated in a stroke rehabilitation clinical trial during their hospital-based stroke rehabilitation * Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives. 8.1.2 Inclusion criteria family member/friend of stroke survivor * Adults (aged 18+) who are a family member, friend, or informal caregiver of a stroke survivor. * Able and willing to provide informed consent. * Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives. 8.1.3 Inclusion criteria stroke rehabilitation staff * Registered staff currently working in stroke rehabilitation who routinely prescribe and/or supporting stroke rehabilitation activities (e.g., physiotherapist, occupational therapist, rehabilitation nurses, rehabilitation physician) * ≥6 months of experience in hospital-based stroke rehabilitation settings * Employed in an organisation that provides NHS hospital-based stroke rehabilitation services * Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives. 8.1.4 Inclusion criteria healthcare leaders (e.g., Managers, Administrators, Policy Makers) * Individuals who are accountable and responsible for the operational, clinical, and/or strategic delivery of stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation and/or therapy services within a NHS hospital * Individuals working in an Integrated Care Board with rehabilitation and/or research in their portfolio * Experience in implementing/influencing stroke rehabilitation policy/service delivery * Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives. 8.1.5 Inclusion criteria stroke rehabilitation researchers * Active researchers with experience in designing, conducting and evaluating stroke rehabilitation or physical rehabilitation research * Affiliated with academic or research institutions * Willing to participate in co-design activities and share their perspectives. 8.1.6 Inclusion criteria for funders * Currently employed, contracted to, or formally affiliated with a research funding organisation that reviews, commissions or funds stroke rehabilitation research (e.g., NIHR, Stroke Association, research councils, medical research councils, professional bodies or research charities) * Direct involvement in decision-making, monitoring or governance of stroke rehabilitation research within the past two years * Experience with funding processes related to stroke rehabilitation, rehabilitation or clinical trial oversight 8.2 Exclusion Criteria Participants will not be eligible if they meet any the following criteria: 8.2.1 Exclusion criteria for stroke survivors * Significant cognitive and/or communication impairment that preclude meaningful participation, even with support * Exhibiting aggression or other behaviour issues that put themselves and others at risk * Medical instability that would make participation unsafe or overly burdensome * Currently enrolled in another research study that could confound participation or data collection * Non-English speaking (research study does not offer language support). 8.2.2 Exclusion criteria for family member/friend of stroke survivor * Not family member or friend of a stroke survivor * Significant emotional distress or trauma that would be exacerbated by participation. * Non-English speaking (research study does not offer language support). 8.2.3 Exclusion criteria for stroke rehabilitation staff * Currently under disciplinary review or leave of absence. * ≤6 experience in NHS inpatient stroke rehabilitation * Inability to commit time to the study activities. 8.2.4 Exclusion criteria for healthcare leaders (e.g., Managers, Administrators, Policy Makers) * Not in a leadership or decision-making role within an organisation that provides NHS inpatient stroke rehabilitation or rehabilitation/therapy services * Not working in an Integrated Care Board/System * No experience in implementing or influencing stroke rehabilitation policy or service delivery * Conflict of interest with study funders or researchers. 8.2.5 Exclusion criteria for stroke rehabilitation researchers * No direct experience with stroke or rehabilitation research in the past two years. * No experience of hospital-based stroke or physical rehabilitation research in the past two years * Participation that would lead to conflicts of interest with the research team or funders. 8.2.6 Exclusion criteria for funders * Not employed by or formally affiliated with a research funding organisation that reviews, commissions or funds stroke rehabilitation research (e.g., NIHR, Stroke Association, research councils, medical research councils, professional bodies or research charities) * No direct involvement in decision-making, monitoring or governance of stroke rehabilitation research within the past two years * Conflict of interest with the research team or institutions delivering this study