Living with stroke during the first year after onset: an instrumental case study exploring the processes that influence adjustment

CONCLUSIONS: Adjustment to stroke necessitated a reconceptualization of self. Relationships and interactions with others emerged as potential facilitators. For health professionals working with people after stroke, knowledge of the adjustment process and attention to practices that affirm personhood and enhance self-efficacy have the potential to facilitate long term outcomes. Processes linked to adjustment are represented visually to guide conceptual understandings and facilitative actions.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONAll interactions with health professionals, including casual or ad hoc interactions, have the potential to influence adjustment after stroke.Health professionals who interact in ways that recognise personhood may have an especially positive influence on processes linked to adjustment.Giving time to listen to personal narratives and reflections may assist with sense-making and support the process of reconceptualising self after stroke.Through bidirectional sharing of experience and ideas, health professionals can facilitate the experience of self-efficacy.PMID:36222354 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2022.2131005
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Source Type: research