title: Changes in participation after a mild stroke: quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This descriptive study is aimed at documenting changes in participation level (accomplishment of daily activities and social roles) from quantitative (n = 35) and qualitative (n = 5) perspectives in individuals who have had a first "mild" stroke compared to their prestroke level. With advances in technology (e.g., increased use of thrombolitic therapy), the prevalence of mild stroke is expected to increase. Yet these strokes are rarely referred to rehabilitation, and little is known about the consequences of stroke on patients' lives.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results of both methods confirmed significant impact of the stroke on participation level that is persistent even 6 months poststroke.
authors.affiliation: School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Annie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rochette
authors.forename: Johanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Desrosiers
authors.forename: Gina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: St-Cyr-Tribble
authors.forename: Annick
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourget
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D012933:Social Identification; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires