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.

What this blog is for:

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.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Factors associated with an active social life after stroke

This secondary problem wouldn't exist if your doctor wasn't failing at getting you 100% recovered. 

https://medivizor.com/blog/SampleLibrary/stroke/factors-associated-with-an-active-social-life-after-stroke/

In a nutshell

This study aimed to identify factors which would predict whether a stroke patient is more likely to partake in social activities long term. They concluded that patients who can drive, can walk more than a few hundred feet and have a wide social network are more likely to partake in social activities long term.

Some background

Stroke patients often suffer long-term disabilities that can be physical or cognitive. These disabilities can have a negative effect on social and leisure activities. Most research on life post-stroke focuses on the first few years after stroke. Long-term studies usually focus on survival rates and disabilities. While participation in social and leisure situations is important for both mental and physical health of stroke patients, there is very little long term data available. Defining factors that negatively relate to a patients’ participation in social activities would allow practitioners to identify which patients are more likely to suffer in the long run.

Methods & findings

This study aimed to identify long-term predictors of the frequency of social and leisure activities after stroke. 145 patients were included. Follow-ups were carried out at 16 months after stroke than again after 10 years.
The factors at 16 months that were associated with higher frequency in social activities at 10 years were driving a car, walking more than a few hundred meters, and having a wide social network.
The factor at 16 months that was associated with lower frequency in social activities at 10 years was age above 75 years old.

The bottom line

The authors concluded that stroke survivors who can drive, can walk more than a few hundred feet and have a wide social network at 16 months post-stroke are more likely to partake in social activities in the long run. They suggest that this indicates support for stroke patients needs to focus on mobility and social networking during rehabilitation.
Published By :
PLOS ONE

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