Cost of post-stroke outpatient care in Malaysia.

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the direct cost of outpatient care for patients with stroke, as well as the relationship between the aforementioned cost and the sociodemographic and stroke characteristics of the patients.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study involving patients with first-ever stroke who were attending outpatient stroke rehabilitation, and their family members. Participants were interviewed using a structured questionnaire designed to obtain information regarding the cost of outpatient care.

Effectiveness of a video-based therapy program at home after acute stroke: a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention using video to deliver therapy at home for patients with stroke.

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: The neurology ward and rehabilitation medicine department of a tertiary hospital.