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'Patient unable to express why he was on the floor, he has aphasia.' A content thematic analysis of medical records and incident reports on the falls of hospital patients with communication disability following stroke
CONCLUSIONS & IMPLICATIONS: The medical records and incident reports of patients with communication disability following stroke reveal that hospital staff recognize the impact of communication disability as potential risk factors for falls for this group. It was difficult for staff to report the circumstances of the fall for patients with severe communication disability. Despite the recognition of communication as a potential contributing factor, few medical record entries documented strategies related to communication interventions to improve patients' ability to understand instructions, gain attention or communicate basi...
Source: International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders - June 25, 2023 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Rebecca Sullivan Bronwyn Hemsley Katherine Harding Ian Skinner Source Type: research

Exploring patient perspectives of barriers and facilitators to participating in hospital-based stroke rehabilitation.
DISCUSSION: Personalized rehabilitation can be considered in comparison to person-centred care principles. The barriers and enablers experienced by patients in this study contribute to the existing knowledge of the patient experience of stroke rehabilitation and may be used to inform clinical practices and future research. Implications for Rehabilitation The surrounding environments can facilitate participation in rehabilitation using strategies to reduce noise and disruption and also by encouraging social interactions among patients. Increasing the frequency and consistency of communication with patients about rehabilitat...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - February 11, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Last N, Packham TL, Gewurtz RE, Letts LJ, Harris JE Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Creating therapeutic relationships through communication: a qualitative metasynthesis from the perspectives of people with communication impairment after stroke.
CONCLUSIONS: A therapeutic relationship develops, at least in part, in response to the clinician's communication and how this is received and experienced by the patient. Understanding the characteristics of relationship-fostering communication and knowing how communication influences relationships can help clinicians critically reflect on their communication and better develop therapeutic relationships with people with communication impairment. IMPLICATIONS FOR REHABILITATION Practitioner-patient communication can facilitate therapeutic relationships or create therapeutic disconnections. Communication patterns that are com...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - November 23, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Bright FAS, Reeves B Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

A Hearing Screening Protocol for Stroke Patients: An Exploratory Study
Conclusion: This study is a first step towards addressing the complex auditory needs of stroke survivors in a systematic manner, with the ultimate aim to support their communication needs and long-term recovery and wellbeing. Registration: Project Identification number 11/0469 and REC ref 11/LO/1675
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - August 5, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research

From paper to informatics: the Post Soft Care-App, an easy-to-use and fast tool to help therapists identify unmet needs in stroke patients.
Authors: De Bartolo D, Morone G, Lupo A, Aloise F, Baricich A, Di Francesco D, Calderone C, Cisari C, Verdecchia G, Sandrini G, Pistarini C, Antonucci G, Smania N, Paolucci S, Iosa M Abstract Even after rehabilitation, post stroke patients remain disabled. The Post Stroke Checklist (PSC) was developed to highlight unmet needs of community-dwelling stroke patients. The present study set out to validate Post Soft Care-App, designed to administer the PSC using smartphones and tablets, in order to monitor unmet needs in chronic patients. Fifty-three patients and fifteen physiotherapists were enrolled. The therapists ad...
Source: Functional Neurology - January 23, 2019 Category: Neurology Tags: Funct Neurol Source Type: research

"Living in a foreign country": experiences of staff-patient communication in inpatient stroke settings for people with post-stroke aphasia and those supporting them.
CONCLUSIONS: Communication was viewed as important but challenging by all three groups. To maximise staff-patient interactions in the future, attention needs to be paid to: the psychosocial needs of stroke survivors and their carers, ongoing staff training and support for the healthcare professionals supporting them, and the provision of an aphasia-friendly and a communicatively stimulating ward environment. Implications for Rehabilitation Effective staff-patient communication is viewed as fundamental to stroke rehabilitation but challenging by patients with aphasia, their carers and the healthcare professionals supporting...
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - September 27, 2018 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Clancy L, Povey R, Rodham K Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research

Development of a computerised decision aid for thrombolysis in acute stroke care
Conclusions: Our structured development process led to the development of a gamma prototype computerised decision aid. Initial evaluation has demonstrated reasonable acceptability of COMPASS amongst patients, relatives and clinicians. The impact of COMPASS on clinical outcomes requires wider prospective evaluation in clinical settings.
Source: Epidemiologic Perspectives and Innovations - February 7, 2015 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Darren FlynnDaniel J NesbittGary A FordPeter McMeekinHelen RodgersChristopher PriceChristian KrayRichard G Thomson Source Type: research