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Australian health professionals' perceptions about the management of return to driving early after stroke: A mixed methods study.
CONCLUSIONS: Education of health professionals in RTD guidelines is recommended to improve the processes of care after stroke. PMID: 32787668 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - August 12, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Frith J, James C, Hubbard I, Warren-Forward H Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Quality of Life Is Poorer for Patients With Stroke Who Require an Interpreter Brief Report
Background and Purpose—In multicultural Australia, some patients with stroke cannot fully understand, or speak, English. Language barriers may reduce quality of care and consequent outcomes after stroke, yet little has been reported empirically.Methods—An observational study of patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack (2010–2015) captured from 45 hospitals participating in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry. The use of interpreters in hospitals, which is routinely documented, was used as a proxy for severe language barriers. Health-Related Quality of Life was assessed using the EuroQoL-5 dimension-3 lev...
Source: Stroke - February 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Monique F. Kilkenny, Natasha A. Lannin, Craig S. Anderson, Helen M. Dewey, Joosup Kim, Karen Barclay-Moss, Chris Levi, Steven Faux, Kelvin Hill, Brenda Grabsch, Sandy Middleton, Amanda G. Thrift, Rohan Grimley, Geoffrey Donnan, Dominique A. Cadilhac Tags: Race and Ethnicity, Mortality/Survival, Quality and Outcomes, Ischemic Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) Brief Reports Source Type: research

Improving stroke clinical guideline adherence in an Australian hospital using a clinician-led implementation process
CONCLUSION: Stroke clinical guideline implementation led to a favorable uptake of some criteria, yet not all. Implementation was assisted by staff education, user-friendly stroke policies and multidisciplinary team collaboration.TRIAL REGISTRATION: ANZCTR: registration number ACTRN12616000646448 (http://www.ANZCTR.org.au/ACTRN12616000646448.aspx).PMID:36323526 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2022.2141819
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - November 2, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Natasha Brusco Meg E Morris Sarah Foster Jeffrey Woods Doug McCaskie Suzy Goodman Cameron Barnes Coral Keren Helena Frawley Source Type: research

Focal Cerebral Arteriopathy Clinical Sciences
Conclusions—Corticosteroid treatment may provide additional benefit over AT for improved neurological outcome in childhood AIS because of focal cerebral arteriopathy. Larger prospective studies are warranted to further investigate these differences and understand mechanisms by which steroids modify outcome.
Source: Stroke - August 28, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Maȷa Steinlin, Sandra Bigi, Belinda Stoȷanovski, Jay Gaȷera, Maria Regenyi, Marwan El–Koussy, Mark T. Mackay Tags: Ischemic Stroke Original Contributions Source Type: research

Perspectives on rehabilitation for Aboriginal people with stroke: a qualitative study
Conclusions. Aboriginal people report making positive lifestyle changes, but experience significant unmet rehabilitation needs. Addressing issues of communication, advocacy and flexible delivery should improve some of the shortfalls in service provision, particularly in regional and remote areas.PMID:34180366 | DOI:10.1080/10749357.2021.1911771
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - June 28, 2021 Category: Neurology Authors: Janet Kelly Anna Dowling Susan Hillier Alex Brown Timothy Kleinig Kendall Goldsmith Katharine McBride Jeyaraj Pandian Sally Castle Amanda G Thrift Source Type: research