Feasibility of a self-management intervention to improve mobility in the community after stroke (SIMS): A mixed-methods pilot study.

Objective: To evaluate the feasibility of implementing a self-management intervention to improve mobility in the community for stroke survivors.

Methods: A two-phase sequential mixed methods design was used (a pilot randomised controlled trial and focus groups). Participants were adult stroke survivors within six months post discharge from hospital with functional and cognitive capacity for self-management.

Exploring the needs of stroke patients after discharge from rehabilitation centres in Saudi Arabian communities: An IPA qualitative exploratory study design.

There are about 29 strokes per 100,000 people, annually, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). These patients require long-term rehabilitation services to enhance recovery and independence in the community. Currently there are limited long-term rehabilitation services in KSA and research is needed to establish pathways for provision of community-based rehabilitation (CBR).

Overcoming the monster! Perceptions of physiotherapy students regarding the use of stroke master plots for building therapeutic relationships; a vignette study.

Background: Narrative master plots identify illness stories which are recognisable within clinical settings. Responses to different master plots by physiotherapy students can lack empathy and need to be understood further. One narrative master plot for people with stroke that has not been well studied is called 'overcoming the monster'.

Improving balance in community-dwelling elders using trained volunteers within faith-based institutions: a mixed methods feasibility study.

Purpose: To investigate the feasibility and acceptability of a volunteer-led balance programme for older adults.

Methods: A feasibility cluster RCT with focus groups were conducted in faith-based institutions. Eligibility criteria were: participants were ≥65 years, able to do five times sit -to-stand, had no falls in the previous six months and had good mental capacity.

Exploring the experiences of people who had a stroke and therapists who managed people with stroke during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory qualitative study.

Objective: To explore experiences, needs and rehabilitation priorities of patients who had their stroke and the experiences of therapists managing stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: Exploratory qualitative study.

Setting: Acute, sub-acute and community stroke facilities.

Exploring Stroke Patients' Needs after Discharge from Rehabilitation Centres: Meta-Ethnography.

Healthcare providers must consider stroke survivors needs in order to enable a good quality of life after stroke. This review aimed to investigate the perceived needs of the stroke survivors across various domains of care following their discharge from hospital. A meta-ethnographic review of qualitative studies that reported needs of stroke patients after discharge from rehabilitation services was conducted.

Self-management interventions to improve mobility after stroke: an integrative review.

Purpose: To review the evidence around self-management interventions used to improve mobility post-stroke.

Materials And Methods: An integrative review was carried out. Eight databases were searched from 1992 to July 2021 using keywords based on the PICOS strategy.

An Integrative Review Considering the Impact of Storytelling and Sharing Interventions in Stroke.

Background: Review-based research is needed which can establish the psychosocial outcomes and mechanisms of "storytelling and sharing" interventions for people with stroke. This information will act to inform the value and development of such interventions.

Methods: An integrative review was conducted in three stages: (a) a systematic search strategy was undertaken to focus on articles between 2009 until January 2020 to locate articles the considered storytelling and sharing interventions for people diagnosed with stroke; (b) critical appraisal was undertaken to assess study quality; and (c) synthesis within three stages including data reduction, data display and conclusion.

E-learning communication skills training for physiotherapy students: A two phased sequential mixed methods study.

Objective: Test whether a single e-learning session can improve empathy and communication across pre-registration and postgraduate physiotherapy students.

Methods: Design: Two-phase sequential mixed methods study. Phase 1: Pilot randomised control trial.

Learning to be patient-centred healthcare professionals: how does it happen at university and on clinical placements? A multiple focus group study.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. : Developing patient-centred skills in health professional students relies on their learning experiences at the university and on clinical placements.

Patient-centred orientation of students from different healthcare disciplines, their understanding of the concept and factors influencing their development as patient-centred professionals: a mixed methods study.

Background: A patient-centred approach to care is increasingly the mandate for healthcare delivery. There is a need to explore how health professional students develop patient-centred attributes. This study aims to understand the extent of patient-centred orientations of health professional students, their perceptions and factors influencing their adoption of the approach.

Shared decision-making within goal-setting in rehabilitation: a mixed-methods study.

Objectives:: To assess the extent of shared decision-making within goal-setting meetings and explore patient-reported factors that influenced their participation to shared decision-making about their goals.

Design:: A two-phase explanatory sequential mixed-methods study, using questionnaires and interviews.

Setting:: A rehabilitation centre and patients' homes.

Shared decision making within goal setting in rehabilitation settings: A systematic review.

Objective: To map out and synthesise literature that considers the extent of shared decision-making (SDM) within goal-setting in rehabilitation settings and explore participants' views of this approach within goal-setting.

Methods: Four databases were systematically searched between January 2005-September 2015. All articles addressing SDM within goal-setting involving adult rehabilitation patients were included.

Is the practice of goal-setting for patients in acute stroke care patient-centred and what factors influence this? A qualitative study.

Objective: To explore whether goal-setting for rehabilitation with acute stroke survivors is patient-centred and identify factors which influence the adoption of patient-centredness in goal-setting practice.

Setting: Acute stroke unit in a large teaching hospital in England.

Participants: Patients with stroke who had no cognitive or significant communication problems and health care professionals who had a significant engagement with an individual patient were approached for participation.

A randomized controlled trial of surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation applied early after acute stroke: effects on wrist pain, spasticity and contractures.

Objectives: To investigate effects of surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation applied early after stroke to the wrist and finger extensor muscles on upper limb pain, spasticity and contractures in patients with no functional arm movement.

Design: Secondary analysis from a Phase II, randomized, controlled, single-blind study.

Setting: An acute hospital stroke unit.

Can surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation of the wrist and hand combined with routine therapy facilitate recovery of arm function in patients with stroke?

Objective: To investigate whether treatment with surface neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the wrist extensors improves recovery of arm function in severely disabled patients with stroke.

Design: Single blinded randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Acute stroke unit and stroke rehabilitation wards of a university hospital.

A systematic review and synthesis of the quantitative and qualitative evidence behind patient-centred goal setting in stroke rehabilitation.

Objective: To map out from the literature the nature, extent and effects of application of patient-centred goal setting in stroke rehabilitation practice.

Design: Systematic review.

Data Sources: A search was conducted in the Cochrane (Wiley), AMED, Medline (EBSCO), Embase, Sports discuss, Medline (Ovid) and CINAHL databases.