Self-Management in Stroke Survivors: Development and Implementation of the Look after Yourself (LAY) Intervention.

Objective: Self-management is recommended in stroke rehabilitation. This report aims to describe timing, contents, and setting of delivery of a patient-centered, self-management program for stroke survivors in their early hospital rehabilitation phase: the Look After Yourself (LAY) intervention.

Methods: After extensive literature search, the LAY intervention was developed by integrating the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, based on the self-efficacy construct of social cognitive theory, with evidence-based key elements and input from stroke survivors.

The Look After Yourself (LAY) intervention to improve self-management in stroke survivors: Results from a quasi-experimental study.

Objective: To test the efficacy of a self-management intervention for stroke survivors vs. usual care.

Methods: Using a quasi-experimental study, participants were recruited from three public Italian hospitals.