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Novel insights into stroke pain beliefs and perceptions.
Conclusion: These findings emphasize differences in the beliefs and perceptions associated with pain after stroke, supporting the value of targeted attention from research and therapy perspectives. Significant differences in the pain experienced by stroke and non-stroke groups may reflect a poor understanding of chronic pain following stroke. Future educational programs for stroke survivors should be tailored. Targets for future educational interventions are identified and include causes of pain, an understanding of its behavior and potential for improved prognosis. PMID: 31821126 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - December 9, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Haslam BS, Butler DS, Carey LM Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Validation of international stroke scales for use by nurses in Greek settings.
CONCLUSIONS: The Greek version of the stroke tools show that both SSS and BI have high internal consistency and reliability and together with the mRS could be used in any Greek stroke care delivery setting. PMID: 27680397 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - September 28, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Theofanidis D Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Factors affecting rehabilitation and use of upper limb after stroke: views from healthcare professionals and stroke survivors.
CONCLUSION: The findings indicate that stroke survivors and healthcare professionals have very similar understandings of barriers to UL activity, and positive upper limb rehabilitation behaviors are not always established early in recovery post-stroke. Increased resources and healthcare professional-patient relationships seem key factors to establishing positive perceptions of UL rehabilitation. Addressing psychosocial issues and resource limitations may help sustain engagement with UL rehabilitation. PMID: 30422096 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - November 13, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Meadmore KL, Hallewell E, Freeman C, Hughes AM Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Evaluating stroke patients' awareness of risk factors and readiness to change stroke risk-related behaviors in a randomized controlled trial.
Conclusion: Stroke patients' unprompted recall of risk factors and performance of risk-related behaviors improved over time; readiness to change risk-related behaviors progressed for some behaviors. A brief educational intervention did not improve risk factor awareness or behavior change more than usual care. PMID: 24722044 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - April 17, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Eames S, Hoffmann TC, Phillips NF Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The stroke caregiving trajectory in relation to caregiver depressive symptoms, burden, and intervention outcomes.
CONCLUSIONS: This study contributes to the understanding of the relationship between length of caregiving and depression, burden, and intervention outcomes. Clinicians should recognize that the stroke caregiving trajectory can be nonlinear. Routine and repeated clinical assessment of caregiver well-being is needed, along with implementation of interventions when necessary, regardless of how much time has passed since the stroke. PMID: 28618848 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - June 15, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Graf R, LeLaurin J, Schmitzberger M, Freytes IM, Orozco T, Dang S, Uphold CR Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Tedium vitae in stroke survivors: a comparative cross-sectional study.
CONCLUSIONS: Tedium vitae is a common suicidal experience after stroke and may be among the earliest perceptible pointer to impending poststroke suicide. It is easy to assess and may be less costly to obtain an adequate sample size in studies aiming to understand the phenomenon of suicide in the stroke population. PMID: 30890043 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 18, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Ojagbemi A, Bello T Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The use of carer perspectives and expert consensus to define key components of a biopsychosocial support intervention for stroke carers.
Conclusions: Themes from the informal carer focus groups, and ranked priority areas will inform the development of a biopsychosocial support intervention for stroke carers to be tested in a feasibility randomized controlled trial. PMID: 31170035 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - June 5, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Condon L, Benford P, Kontou E, Thomas S, Walker M Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Caregiver-proxy reliability of the Igbo-culture adapted Maleka Stroke Community Reintegration Measure: a validation study.
CONCLUSION: The I-MSCRIM has acceptable caregiver-proxy reliability among Igbo stroke survivors in South-East Nigeria. This suggests that primary informal caregivers of stroke survivors can reliably estimate the CR of their care recipients when I-MSCRIM is administered to them. This will be useful when a stroke survivor cannot respond to I-MSCRIM. PMID: 28361604 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 31, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Okoye EC, Awhen PA, Akosile CO, Maruf FA, Iheukwumere N, Egwuonwu AV Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Patient reported outcomes of hand function three years after stroke.
CONCLUSION: Patients can perceive limitations on several domains with respect to hand function 2-5 years after stroke. Problems related to the appearance of the hand and satisfaction with hand function can be relevant and should be considered accordingly. Persistent hand problems after stroke are related to a more severe, supratentorial stroke in lower educated patients. PMID: 29025365 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - October 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Arwert H, Schut S, Boiten J, Vliet Vlieland T, Meesters J Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Community mobility after stroke: a systematic review.
Conclusion Survivors of stroke may experience a significant decrease in CM compared to people without neurological injury. Rehabilitation addressing motor function, coordination, independence in activities of daily living, balance and endurance may be important for achieving higher levels of CM. Outcome measures directly addressing CM are needed. PMID: 29322861 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - January 11, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Wesselhoff S, Hanke TA, Evans CC Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Caring for stroke survivors: experiences of family caregivers in Sri Lanka - a qualitative study.
CONCLUSIONS: The phenomenon of family caregivers providing informal care for stroke survivors was explicated as compassionate care, notwithstanding numerous difficulties. The findings motivate further research and strategies to minimize family caregivers' burden and facilitate the positive aspects of caregiving to promote the health and well-being of both stroke survivors and their families. PMID: 30028654 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - July 20, 2018 Category: Neurology Authors: Wagachchige Muthucumarana M, Samarasinghe K, Elgán C Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

Aphasia and swallowing problems in subjects with incident stroke in rural northern Tanzania: a case-control study.
Conclusions: This is the first attempt to describe aphasia incidence in a sub-Saharan African language. Further work on the psychometric properties of the screening instrument is warranted. Given that it delivers a relatively coarse indication of language disturbance, it is likely that incidence of aphasia in the current cohort is underestimated. PMID: 24521840 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - January 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Miller N, Gray WK, Howitt SC, Jusabani A, Swai M, Mugusi F, Jones MP, Walker RW Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The impact of pain on health-related quality of life 3 months after stroke.
CONCLUSION: The presence and intensity of pain have significant negative effects on HRQoL in stroke survivors. Interventions for pain could make a valuable contribution to improving HRQoL in stroke survivors. PMID: 25906672 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - April 23, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Tang WK, Lau CG, Mok V, Ungvari GS, Ka-Sing W Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The Development of the Improving Participation after Stroke Self-Management Program (IPASS): An Exploratory Randomized Clinical Study.
CONCLUSIONS: These results provide early support for the use of IPASS to help improve self-efficacy to manage health behaviors and to improve participation post-stroke. Further investigation is warranted to confirm these findings with an active control group and a more sensitive outcome measure to capture participation changes. PMID: 27077987 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - March 15, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Wolf TJ, Baum CM, Lee D, Hammel J Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

The effect of self-management education following mild stroke: an exploratory randomized controlled trial.
CONCLUSIONS: The results did not identify a positive effect that would support the use of the CDSMP with individual's post-mild stroke; however, the generalizability of these results is limited secondary to several limitations in this exploratory study. PMID: 28191861 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation - February 12, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Wolf TJ, Spiers MJ, Doherty M, Leary EV Tags: Top Stroke Rehabil Source Type: research

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