Abstract
Spousal
support is likely to influence the rehabilitation motivation of stroke
survivors who require long-term rehabilitation. This study was conducted
to examine the reciprocal effects of the depressive symptoms and
marital intimacy of stroke survivors and their spouses, and identify the
factors that influence the rehabilitation motivation of stroke
survivors. For this cross-sectional descriptive study, 72 stroke
survivor-spouse couples were recruited from four rehabilitation
hospitals in South Korea in 2017. The collected data were analyzed using
path analyses with SPSS 20.0 and the R package. There were significant
differences in the actor effects of stroke survivors’ and spouses’
depressive symptoms on the marital intimacy of the survivors and their
spouses. The perceived marital intimacy of spouses was significantly
associated with the rehabilitation motivation of stroke survivors. In
order to enhance their rehabilitation motivation, it is necessary to
periodically assess the depressive symptoms and perceived marital
intimacy of their spouses.
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