title: Perceived occupational gaps one year after stroke: an explorative study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore and describe factors associated with occupational gaps and to identify factors at 3 months that predict occupational gaps one year post-stroke. A gap, a restriction in participation, is considered to be present when there is a discrepancy between what the individual wants to do and what they actually do in everyday life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prospective longitudinal study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred persons with stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from the Occupational Gaps Questionnaire, one year post-stroke, was used as the dependent variable in 3- and 12-month regression analyses. Domains of the Stroke Impact Scale, global life satisfaction, demographic and medical factors were used as independent variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 3 months, activities of daily living abilities, social participation and not being born in Sweden predicted occupational gaps at 12 months. Stroke severity and not being born in Sweden and 3 factors at 12 months: social participation, self-rated recovery, and global life satisfaction were associated with occupational gaps.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Activities of daily living ability at 3 months predicted occupational gaps after stroke. Thus, it is possible to identify early on, and provide interventions for, those that risk participation restrictions. Not being born in the country might be an indicator of a risk for participation restrictions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden. Aileen.Bergstrom@ki.se
authors.forename: Aileen L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Bergström
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guidetti
authors.forename: Malin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tistad
authors.forename: Kerstin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tham
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Koch
authors.forename: Gunilla
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Eriksson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D058992:Social Participation; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires