Changes in participation after a mild stroke: quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
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.
Rochette
Annie
A
School of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Desrosiers
Johanne
J
Bravo
Gina
G
St-Cyr-Tribble
Denise
D
Bourget
Annick
A
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