The Effect of Home Based Rehabilitation Program on Activities of Daily Living, Self-efficacy, Quality of Life Among Chronic Stroke Patients

Author(s):  
Ha Young Lee ◽  
Sagong Bong
Author(s):  
Wei Yu ◽  
Jie Tong ◽  
Xirong Sun ◽  
Fazhan Chen ◽  
Jie Zhang ◽  
...  

Background: Factors related to medication adherence in patients with schizophrenia have always been key to the treatment and rehabilitation of these patients. However, the treatment modes in different countries are not the same, and there is no research on the factors influencing medication adherence under different mental health service modes. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to explore medication adherence and its influencing factors in patients with schizophrenia in the Chinese institutional environment. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia from November 2018 to January 2019. A systematic sampling method was used to select 217 hospitalized persons living with schizophrenia. The Medication Adherence Rating Scale (MARS), Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES), Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS), and Scale of Social Skills for Psychiatric Inpatients (SSPI) were used to explore medication compliance and its influencing factors in the Chinese institutional environment. Results: The descriptive analysis and ANOVA showed that there were no significant differences in medication adherence when assessed by demographic characteristics such as sex, marital status, and education level (p > 0.05). A correlation analysis showed that there was no significant correlation between medication adherence and mental symptoms (p > 0.05) but that there was a positive correlation with self-efficacy, quality of life, and activities of daily living (p < 0.01). The linear regression analysis showed that self-efficacy, psychosocial factors, symptoms/side effects, and activities of daily living had significant effects on medication adherence (F = 30.210, p < 0.001). Conclusions: Our findings show that the self-efficacy, quality of life, and social function of patients with schizophrenia are important self-factors influencing medication adherence in the Chinese institutional environment.


2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cecilia Farmer

This article reviews 3 studies that explore the effects of acupuncture on poststroke patients suffering from chronic stroke symptoms. The 3 studies selected strive to show how acupuncture can be a safe, noninvasive, and cost-effect rehabilitation tool useful in adjunct with traditional rehabilitation. Chou et al (2009), Hopwood et al (2008), and Wayne et al (2005) all studied acupuncture’s effects on quality of life. Additionally, both Hopwood et al and Wayne et al studied acupuncture’s effects on mobility and activities of daily living. While the frequency, duration, and length of the entire treatment varied by study, overall, the results of all 3 studies suggest that acupuncture increases quality of life and improves mobility and activities of daily living.


BMC Neurology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Grau-Sánchez ◽  
Emma Segura ◽  
David Sanchez-Pinsach ◽  
Preeti Raghavan ◽  
Thomas F. Münte ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Residual motor deficits of the upper limb in patients with chronic stroke are common and have a negative impact on autonomy, participation and quality of life. Music-Supported Therapy (MST) is an effective intervention to enhance motor and cognitive function, emotional well-being and quality of life in chronic stroke patients. We have adapted the original MST training protocol to a home-based intervention, which incorporates increased training intensity and variability, group sessions, and optimisation of learning to promote autonomy and motivation. Methods A randomised controlled trial will be conducted to test the effectiveness of this enriched MST (eMST) protocol in improving motor functions, cognition, emotional well-being and quality of life of chronic stroke patients when compared to a program of home-based exercises utilizing the Graded Repetitive Arm Supplementary Program (GRASP). Sixty stroke patients will be recruited and randomly allocated to an eMST group (n = 30) or a control GRASP intervention group (n = 30). Patients will be evaluated before and after a 10-week intervention, as well as at 3-month follow-up. The primary outcome of the study is the functionality of the paretic upper limb measured with the Action Research Arm Test. Secondary outcomes include other motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life measures as well as self-regulation and self-efficacy outcomes. Discussion We hypothesize that patients treated with eMST will show larger improvements in their motor and cognitive functions, emotional well-being and quality of life than patients treated with a home-based GRASP intervention. Trial registration The trial has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov and identified as NCT04507542 on 8 August 2020.


Stroke ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan Breen ◽  
Jeanne Andrusin ◽  
Tom Ferlito

Background: Despite the availability of community based outpatient rehabilitation programs in the U.S., few use standardized measure sets and assessments, and outcomes studies are sparse. There is especially a knowledge gap regarding outcomes of participating chronic stroke patients (rehabilitation begins more than 6 months post stroke). Methods: Prospective observational study of stroke patients treated between 12/2011-1/2015 in an interdisciplinary outpatient rehabilitation program that addresses health literacy, risk factors, physical, psychosocial, cognitive, communicative and vocational issues. Patients were classified as chronic if admitted to the program >6 months and sub-acute if admitted <6 months post stroke. Results: Among 96 consecutive patients, 71 were sub-acute (72% ischemic, 28% hemorrhages) and 25 chronic (68% ischemic, 32% hemorrhages) who were admitted to the program an average 18.5 months post stroke (range 6-121 months). Chronic vs subacute stroke patients were 64% vs 59% male, with no difference in age (mean 66, range 27-90 years vs 65, range 18-90 years), but with greater stroke severity (chronic mean NIHSS score 8.32, range 2-15 vs subacute NIHSS of 5.2, range 0-16). On admission, chronic vs subacute patients were 44% vs 34% aphasic and 96% vs 86% needed assistance with activities of daily living (chronic with modified Rankin Scale [mRS] of 3=28% and 4=68% vs subacute mRS of 3=65% and 4=21%). The percent change in outcomes from baseline to program discharge for subacute and chronic stroke patients is presented in the Table. Conclusions: Although age, sex and stroke types were similar in both groups, chronic patients were more severely impaired than subacute patients but achieved greater improvement in activities of daily living, recovery, walking speed, balance, and risk factor knowledge. These findings demonstrate that outpatient rehabilitation programs can aid in stroke recovery independent of time since stroke onset.


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