BACKGROUND Stroke is not gender-discriminatory. Yet, the subject of stroke among females has apparently not received significant attention from clinical researchers. The consequences of stroke include functional and psychosocial sequelae which may cause disability, hinder community reintegration and restrict participation. The inter-relationships among functional ability, community reintegratio...

Introduction The aim of this study was to ascertain what items stroke survivors and stroke care professionals think are important when assessing quality of life for stroke survivors with visual impairment for inclusion in the new patient-reported outcome measure. Methods A reactive Delphi process was used in a three-round electronic-based survey. The items presented consisted of 62 items orig...

In many cultures around the world, including those in Thailand, family caregivers have different views on caring for stroke survivors. These affect process, which tends to be a heavy burden caregivers. This study used participatory action research develop Family-Based Care Model Stroke Survivors Promote Healthy Family Dynamics. survivors and their were recruited via purposive sampling from two ...

BACKGROUND Medications are highly effective at reducing risk of recurrent stroke, but success is influenced by adherence to treatment. Among survivors of stroke and transient ischaemic attack (TIA), adherence to medication is known to be suboptimal. AIM To identify and report barriers to medication adherence for the secondary prevention of stroke/TIA. DESIGN AND SETTING A qualitative interv...

OBJECTIVE To review and synthesise qualitative literature relating to the longer-term needs of community dwelling stroke survivors with communication difficulties including aphasia, dysarthria and apraxia of speech. DESIGN Systematic review and thematic synthesis. METHOD We included studies employing qualitative methodology which focused on the perceived or expressed needs, views or experie...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that EEG values match other comprehensive activities of daily living (ADL) evaluations between stroke survivors and normal controls. Various functions related to ADL were examined by means of ADL assessments (Measurement of Competence in the Elderly Living at Home, Barthel Index, Stroke Impairment Assessment Set, time needed to walk 10...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE When optimally managed, patients with stroke are less likely to have further vascular events. We aimed to identify factors associated with optimal use of secondary prevention therapies in long-term survivors of stroke. METHODS We carefully documented discharge medications at baseline and self-reported use of medications at annual follow-up in the Northeast Melbourne Str...

BACKGROUND Recovery after stroke is long-term and demanding. Optimising community-residing stroke survivors' capability to self-manage their health is integral. Recent systematic reviews have shown that stroke self-management programmes were associated with significant improvement in stroke survivors' health-related quality of life and self-efficacy. However some programmes were not designed wi...

In 2008, mortality from stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, and stroke was a leading cause of long-term severe disability. Nearly half of older stroke survivors experience moderate to severe disability. Care for stroke survivors cost an estimated $18.8 billion in the United States during 2008, and lost productivity and premature mortality cost an additional $15.5 ...

This study evaluated the suitability of written materials for stroke survivors and their carers. Twenty stroke survivors and 14 carers were interviewed about the stroke information they had received and their perceptions of the content and presentation of materials of increasing reading difficulty. The mean readability level of materials (grade 9) was higher than participants' mean reading abil...