Deans' stroke musings: Effects of home-based supportive care on improvements in physical function and depressive symptoms in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Sunday, September 10, 2017

Effects of home-based supportive care on improvements in physical function and depressive symptoms in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis

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http://search.naric.com/research/rehab/redesign_record.cfm?search=2&type=all&criteria=J76709&phrase=no&rec=134451&article_source=Rehab&international=0&international_language=&international_location=
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 98(8) , Pgs. 1666-1677, 1677.e1.

NARIC Accession Number: J76709. What's this?
ISSN: 0003-9993.
Author(s): Huang, Hui-Chuan; Huang, Yi-Chieh; Lin, Mei-Feng; Hou, Wen-Hsuan; Shyu, Meei-Ling; Chiu, Hsiao-Yean; Chang, Hsiu-Ju.
Publication Year: 2017.
Number of Pages: 13.
Abstract: This literature review examined the effects of home-based supportive care on improvements in physical function and depressive symptoms in home-dwelling patients after stroke. Seven electronic databases and 4 Chinese databases were fully searched for all relevant articles up to June 25, 2016. Randomized controlled trials examining the effects of home-based supportive care on physical function and depressive symptoms in home-dwelling patients after stroke were included. Sixteen articles, including 4 in Chinese and 12 in English, met the inclusion criteria. Two reviewers independently extracted data on patient characteristics, study characteristics, intervention details, and outcome; and assessed methodological quality using the Cochrane risk of bias tool. Home-based supportive care had a small size effect on physical function and a moderate size effect on depressive symptoms in home-dwelling patients after stroke. The moderator analysis revealed that some components of study participants and intervention programs improved the effects on physical function and depressive symptoms; however, no significant moderators were further identified to have superiorly improved physical function and depressive symptoms. The findings provide further evidence with which to design appropriate supportive interventions for home-dwelling stroke survivors. Regular performance of home-based supportive interventions should be considered for inclusion as routine care for managing and improving physical function and depressive symptoms in home-dwelling patients after stroke.
Descriptor Terms: CAREGIVERS, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, COUNSELING, DEPRESSION, FAMILY-CENTERED CARE, FUNCTIONAL STATUS, HOME BASED, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, INTERVENTION, LITERATURE REVIEWS, OUTCOMES, PATIENT EDUCATION, PHYSICAL FITNESS, STROKE.

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Citation: Huang, Hui-Chuan, Huang, Yi-Chieh, Lin, Mei-Feng, Hou, Wen-Hsuan, Shyu, Meei-Ling, Chiu, Hsiao-Yean, Chang, Hsiu-Ju. (2017). Effects of home-based supportive care on improvements in physical function and depressive symptoms in patients with stroke: A meta-analysis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , 98(8), Pgs. 1666-1677, 1677.e1. Retrieved 9/10/2017, from REHABDATA database.