Experience of information provision at the stroke unit from the perspective of relatives to stroke survivors

Oh God, measuring the delivery of information rather than the actual recovery delivered.  Since there was no delivery of 100% stroke recovery protocols you're completely not doing anything useful. Every single relative should have reamed them out for not providing any information to get them recovered.

 Experience of information provision at the stroke unit from the perspective of relatives to stroke survivors

Rehabilitation Process and Outcome , Volume 8

NARIC Accession Number: J85749.  What's this?
ISSN: 1179-5727.
Author(s): Kristensson, Linda ; Björkdahl, Ann.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 8.

Abstract: 

Study explored how relatives of stroke survivors perceived the information they received while the stroke survivor was in the stroke unit. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 14 relatives of people who sustained a stroke and were admitted to any of the three stroke units at Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Gothenburg, Sweden. Qualitative content analysis served to analyze the transcribed interview texts. The content analysis yielded four categories, each with 2 to 3 subcategories. The overall theme was “to be acknowledged or not”; it encompassed the underlying meaning and the relationships between the categories. The four categories were: (1) shifting information needs, (2) striving for information, (3) lacking continuity and structure, and (4) taking part and being acknowledged. The results showed that the relatives of stroke survivors have a strong need for information and showed that the relatives experienced that they did not always feel satisfactorily informed and supported by the healthcare professionals in the stroke unit. A challenge for the healthcare professionals was to be able to give the right information at the right time and in the appropriate way. The study also showed that when the relatives were acknowledged and invited to participate in the rehabilitation process, they were less anxious of the discharge.
Descriptor Terms: COMMUNICATION, FAMILY-CENTERED CARE, HEALTH CARE, HOSPITALS, INTERNATIONAL REHABILITATION, QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS, REHABILITATION, STROKE.


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Citation: Kristensson, Linda , Björkdahl, Ann. (2021). Experience of information provision at the stroke unit from the perspective of relatives to stroke survivors.  Rehabilitation Process and Outcome , 8 Retrieved 4/23/2021, from REHABDATA database.