Stroke survivors’ priorities for research related to life after stroke

Why did you even have to ask? The whole point is to return to normal life, 100% recovery.  Your fucking tyranny of low expectations is showing.

 Stroke survivors’ priorities for research related to life after stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 28(2) , Pgs. 153-158.

NARIC Accession Number: J86308.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Rudberg, Ann-Sofie ; Berge, Eivind ; Laska, Ann-Charlotte ; Jutterström, Stina ; Näsman, Per ; Sunnerhagen, Katharina S.; Lundström, Erik.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 6.

Abstract: 

Study determined which area of research related to life after stroke that Swedish stroke patients and their informal caregivers prioritized as being relevant and valuable, explored whether priorities differed between subgroups of patients. This was a cross-sectional study of all patients who had completed the 12-month follow-up questionnaire in an ongoing Swedish randomized clinical trial of fluoxetine versus placebo once daily for six months after ischemic stroke or intracerebral hemorrhage. In the questionnaire, the stroke patients and their informal caregivers were asked to prioritize areas of research they considered important and valuable with respect to their life after stroke. Of the 731 patients who were still alive at the 12-month follow-up, 589 responded. The most prioritized areas of research were “balance and walking difficulties” (49 percent) and “post-stroke fatigue” (29 percent). Women answered the undefined alternative “other” more often than men (11 percent versus 6 percent). Younger patients prioritized “post-stroke fatigue” to a higher extent, and elderly patients prioritized “balance and walking difficulties” and “speech difficulties”. The results suggest that life after stroke is perceived differently with aging. Future research should address strategies to face challenges such as imbalance and walking difficulties and post-stroke-fatigue.
Descriptor Terms: CAREGIVERS, CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME, CLIENTS, GOAL SETTING, MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS, RESEARCH, STROKE.


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Citation: Rudberg, Ann-Sofie , Berge, Eivind , Laska, Ann-Charlotte , Jutterström, Stina , Näsman, Per , Sunnerhagen, Katharina S., Lundström, Erik. (2021). Stroke survivors’ priorities for research related to life after stroke.  Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 28(2), Pgs. 153-158. Retrieved 6/22/2021, from REHABDATA database.