Identification of rehabilitation needs after a stroke: an exploratory study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Line Robichaud¹  Jacqueline Rousseau⁴  Claude Vincent¹  Johanne Desrosiers³  Chantal Viscogliosi³  Lise R Talbot² 

[1] Occupational Therapy Department, Université Laval, Québec, G1K 7P4 Canada;Nursing Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, J1H 5N4 Sherbrooke (Québec), Canada;Research Centre on Aging, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Canada;Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, H3C 3J7 Canada

关键词: disability;    impairment;    community reintegration;    rehabilitation;    needs;    stroke;   

Others  :  1216936
DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7525-2-53

 received in 2003-10-22, accepted in 2004-09-21,  发布年份 2004

【 摘 要 】

Background

Services to meet adequate rehabilitation needs of elderly stroke survivors are not always provided. Indeed, since 1995, in the wake of the Quebec shift to ambulatory care, home care services, mainly those related to rehabilitation of the elderly, are either unavailable or incomplete. The aim of this study was to examine the rehabilitation needs of this clientele from their hospitalization to their reintegration into the community.

Methods

The "Handicap Production Process" conceptual approach was chosen to help identify the rehabilitation needs of persons affected by physical or cognitive disabilities due to the interactions between personal and environmental factors, and (activities of daily living, social roles). This qualitative exploratory study was performed in 2003. Data were collected among four groups of experts: patients, caregivers, health care providers and administrators. Data triangulation was used to ensure a rigorous analysis and validity of the results.

Results

Unfulfilled needs could be found in the categories of pertaining to residence, community living, psychological and emotional needs. Indeed, it appears that a psychological follow-up to discuss acceptance and consequences of non-acceptance would facilitate mid-to long-term rehabilitation.

Conclusion

Improving accessibility to healthcare services, respecting priority parking spaces for the disabled as well as promoting public awareness would enable a better social reintegration and recovery of social roles, thus limiting the onset of handicap situations.

【 授权许可】

   
2004 Talbot et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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