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Longitudinal changes in activity participation in the first year post-stroke and association with depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSIONS: Activity participation improves during the first year of recovery post-stroke in stroke survivors with mild neurological stroke severity and is associated with depressive symptoms over time and at 12-months post-stroke. Implications for rehabilitation Improvements in participation occur in the first 3-months post-stroke and continue to a lesser degree in the first year after stroke. Depressive symptoms are associated with lower participation at 12-months. A multidimensional approach targeting depressive symptoms and increasing participation in the early months post-stroke and throughout the first-year after st...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - June 11, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tse T, Linden T, Churilov L, Davis S, Donnan G, Carey LM Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
How can stroke care be improved for younger service users? A qualitative study on the unmet needs of younger adults in inpatient and outpatient stroke care in Australia.
CONCLUSIONS: This study provides new insights into the experience of inpatient and outpatient stroke care by younger stroke survivors and outlines possible improvements for clinical practice. Future research should evaluate the effect of targeted strategies to support younger adults after stroke. Implications for rehabilitation Post-stroke rehabilitation might be improved by providing more support for the non-physical effects of stroke (e.g., psycho-emotional support, cognitive rehabilitation). Younger stroke survivors may also benefit from a long-term community care plan and longer-term rehabilitation. Patient-centered re...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - January 7, 2019 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Shipley J, Luker J, Thijs V, Bernhardt J Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Meeting the need for post-stroke vision care in Australia: a scoping narrative review of current practice
CONCLUSION: Further research is needed into current Australian post-stroke vision care to accurately assess whether the needs of stroke survivors are being met. Available evidence indicates that in Australia, there is a requirement for well-defined protocols for vision screening, education, management, and referral of stroke survivors.Implications for RehabilitationPost-stroke vision care in Australia is unstandardised, which may cause inequities in vision care provision to Australian stroke survivors in different regions and/or care facilities.Education and training pertaining to stroke-related vision conditions for strok...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 25, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Shanelle Sorbello Kathryn Rose Amanda French Fiona Rowe Sonia Lau Source Type: research
Recovering is about < em > living my life, as it evolves < /em > : perspectives of stroke survivors in remote northwest Queensland
CONCLUSION: Recovering from stroke from the perspective of stroke survivors in remote NWQ is about living their life, as they want it to be, and as it unfolds within their own context. Technology only has a place when it can support them to recover their way in their world. These findings reinforce the importance of health professionals listening, learning about, and enabling stroke survivors along their recovery journey, within their remote context and support network.Implications for RehabilitationRecovering from the perspective of stroke survivors is about living their life as it evolves.To support stroke survivors from...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 24, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sarah M Jackson S D Solomon R N Barker Source Type: research
Understanding activity participation 3-months after stroke: a mixed methodology study.
CONCLUSION: Qualitative interviews extend our understanding of the process of returning to participation in life activities and occupations following stroke to reveal that it involves the stroke survivor in a dynamic adaptation process of synchronizing personal, environmental and temporal dimensions in their daily lives. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Rehabilitation professionals need to recognize the unique knowledge and ability stroke survivors have to manage their capacities, activities, occupations and environments. Client-centered practice involving true collaborative partnerships are needed to ensure stroke survivor...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 22, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tse T, Lentin P, Douglas J, Carey LM Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Perseverance with home-based upper limb practice after stroke: perspectives of stroke survivors and their significant others
CONCLUSION: Persevering with practice is multifaceted for stroke survivors. All facets need to be addressed in the design of strategies to enhance stroke survivors' ability to persevere and in turn, enhance their potential for continued upper limb recovery.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONMany stroke survivors do not persevere with long-term home-based upper limb practice despite the belief that high dose practice will promote continued recovery.Therapists need to support stroke survivors to setup individualised goal-based home programs that they can complete independently, or with support, within their everyday life.Stroke ...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 5, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Bridee Neibling Kathryn S Hayward Moira Smith Paul Chapman Ruth N Barker Source Type: research
Insights into the nature of female sexuality from the perspective of female stroke survivors.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings of this study underline the importance of addressing sexuality as part of rehabilitation and provide some guidance about what might be important to address. Implications for Rehabilitation Sexuality should be addressed by clinicians as part of person-centred rehabilitation. Understanding "the being" and "the doing" of female sexuality is a pre-requisite for understanding female sexuality post-stroke. Idealised constructions of being female formulated pre-stroke may continue to be points of reference for self-assessment post-stroke, hence need to be understood when seeking to support a positive sen...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - September 6, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Pryor J, Lever S Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Out of sight, out of mind: long-term outcomes for people discharged home, to inpatient rehabilitation and to residential aged care after stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: Several long-term outcomes differed significantly for patients discharged to different settings after stroke. Patients discharged to IRFs reported some better outcomes than people discharge directly home despite having markers of more severe stroke. Implications for rehabilitation People with mild strokes are usually discharged directly home, people with moderate severity strokes to inpatient rehabilitation, and people with very severe strokes are usually discharged to residential aged care facilities. People discharged to inpatient rehabilitation reported fewer problems with mobility and had a reduced risk of...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 14, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Lynch EA, Labberton AS, Kim J, Kilkenny MF, Andrew NE, Lannin NA, Grimley R, Faux SG, Cadilhac DA Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research
Factors associated with mental health service access among Australian community-dwelling survivors of stroke
CONCLUSIONS: Many stroke survivors have untreated depression/anxiety. Primary care practitioners should be supported in undertaking effective detection and management. Older and newly diagnosed individuals should be educated about depression/anxiety and available supports.Implications for rehabilitationPrimary care providers play a pivotal role in the pathway to mental health care, and therefore should always screen for depression/anxiety and provide comprehensive assessment and referral to specialist services where necessary.Targeted psychoeducation should be provided to survivors of stroke who are older and newly diagnos...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 9, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Priscilla Tjokrowijoto Renerus J Stolwyk David Ung Monique F Kilkenny Joosup Kim Lachlan L Dalli Dominique A Cadilhac Nadine E Andrew Source Type: research
"Everyone needs rehab, but …": exploring post-stroke rehabilitation referral and acceptance decisions
CONCLUSIONS: Post-stroke rehabilitation decision making in Queensland, Australia involves complex processes and compromise. Decisions are not based solely on patients' rehabilitation needs, and patients and families are not actively involved in the decision-making process. Mechanisms are required to streamline access procedures, and improve shared decision making with patients.IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATIONReferral decision making for post-stroke rehabilitation is complex and not always based solely on patients' needs.Clear and straightforward access procedures and positive relationships between acute and rehabilitation c...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - May 11, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Kerry Marnane Louise Gustafsson Sally Bennett Ingrid Rosbergen Rohan Grimley Source Type: research
Stroke survivors' perceptions of the factors that influence engagement in activity outside dedicated therapy sessions in a rehabilitation unit: A qualitative study
CONCLUSION: At the individual level, stroke survivors perceived that their ability to be active outside of dedicated therapy sessions was influenced by their impairments, including mood, and their attitude towards and preference for activity. At the ward level, stroke survivors perceived that their ability to be active was influenced by ward set-up, rules and staff expectations. Visitors were perceived to be important facilitators of activity outside of therapy sessions.PMID:35290136 | DOI:10.1177/02692155221087424
Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - March 15, 2022 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Heidi Janssen Marie-Louise Bird Julie Luker Annie McCluskey Jannette Blennerhassett Louise Ada Julie Bernhardt Neil J Spratt Source Type: research
