A multinational online survey of the goal setting practice of rehabilitation staff with stroke survivors with aphasia

Purpose Goal setting is an essential rehabilitation activity. However, multidisciplinary staff goal-setting practice with stroke survivors aphasia and associated training needs are not well understood.Methods We designed, piloted, conducted a survey of in the UK, Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, Ireland. Analysis included descriptive statistics, chi-square Fisher’s exact tests, qualitative content analysis.Results received 251 responses from 118 SLTs 133 non-SLTs. Most reported goals most or all people (78%, 197/251); 57% (138/244) rarely never provided accessible copy goals. All disciplines significantly less confidence than without (p = 0.012, n 119). Barriers to goal communication impairment (especially severe aphasia) poor insight. Staff described feeling ill-equipped support setting; only 27% (67/251) had accessed do so.Conclusions Rehabilitation involving but lacked doing so receive inadequate support. Training should target strategies resources that families supported as partners.