This secondary problem wouldn't exist if your doctor wasn't failing at getting you 100% recovered.
I had to get socially engaged completely on my own after moving and knowing nobody in Michigan. Sometimes you have to do stuff when you have no choice.
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0149395
Abstract
Background
Restrictions
in social and leisure activity can have negative consequences for the
health and well-being of stroke survivors. To support the growing number
of people who are ageing with stroke, knowledge is needed about factors
that influence such activity in a long-term perspective.
Aim
To identify long-term predictors of the frequency of social and leisure activities 10 years after stroke.
Method
145
stroke survivors in Sweden were followed-up at16 months and 10 years
after a first-ever stroke. Data representing body functions, activities
& participation, environmental factors and personal factors at 16
months after stroke, were used in multiple linear regression analyses to
identify predictors of the activity frequency after 10 years, as
assessed by the ‘Community, social and civic life’ sub-domain of the
Frenchay Activities Index (FAI-CSC).
Results
At
the 10-year follow-up the frequency of social and leisure activities
varied considerably among the participants, with FAI-CSC scores spanning
the entire score range 0–9 (mean/median 4.9/5.0). Several factors at 16
months post stroke were independently related to the long-term activity
frequency. The final regression model included four significant
explanatory variables. Driving a car (B = 0.999), ability to walk a few
hundred meters (B = 1.698) and extent of social network (B = 1.235) had a
positive effect on activity frequency, whereas an age ≥ 75 years had a
negative effect (B = -1.657). This model explained 36.9% of the variance
in the FAI-CSC (p<0 .001="" p="">
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Conclusion
Stroke
survivors who drive a car, have the ability to walk a few hundred
meters and have a wide social network at 16 months after a first-ever
stroke are more likely to have a high frequency of social and leisure
activities after 10 years, indicating that supporting outdoor mobility
and social anchorage of stroke survivors during rehabilitation is
important to counteract long-term inactivity.
Being able to drive after a stroke eliminates a lot of people which makes this a pretty useless predictor. Being able to walk a few hundred meters and having a social network is more in reach and may be useful goals to strive for.
ReplyDeleteBeing able to drive after a stroke eliminates a lot of people which makes this a pretty useless predictor. Being able to walk a few hundred meters and having a social network is more in reach and may be useful goals to strive for.
ReplyDeleteI barely passed my driving instruction mainly because there was no practice ahead of time.
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