title: Protective factors in patients aged over 65 with stroke treated by physiotherapy, showing cognitive impairment, in the Valencia Community. Protection study in older people (EPACV).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Family function may have an influence on the mental health deterioration of the caregivers of dependent family members and it could have a varying importance on the care of dependents. Little attention has been paid to the preparation of minor stroke survivors for the recovery trajectory or the spouse for the caregiving role. Therefore, this study protocol intends to analyze the influence of family function on the protection of patients with stroke sequels needing physiotherapy in the family environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is an analytical observational design, prospective cohort study and using a qualitative methodology by means of data collected in the "interviews of life". The study will be carried out by the Rehabilitation Service at Hospital of Elda in the Valencia Community.All patients that have been diagnosed with stroke and need physiotherapy treatment, having a dependency grade assigned and consent to participate in the study, will undergo a monitoring of one year in order to assess the predictive factors depending on the dependence of the people affected.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our research aims to analyze the perception of caregivers, their difficulties to work, and the influence of family function. Moreover, it aims to register the perception of the patients with stroke sequel over the care received and whether they feel protected in their family environment.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Medicina Clínica, Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, Ctra, Nnal, 332 Alicante - Valencia s/n, Sant Joan d'Alacant, Alicante, 03550, Spain. atencion.primaria@umh.es
authors.forename: Vicente
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gil-Guillen
authors.forename: Concepcion
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carratala-Munuera
authors.forename: Juan Carlos Andres
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Domingo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orozco-Beltran
authors.forename: José Martínez
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ribera
authors.forename: Avelino Pereira
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Expósito
authors.forename: Pablo Martínez
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Cánovas
authors.forename: Eduardo Payá
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: Emilio Mayoral
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Azofra
authors.forename: Antonio Fernández
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Giménez
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Pineda
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lorca-Amorrich
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Plaza-Sirvent
authors.forename: Elisabet Berzosa
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Sola
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Salas-Rico
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Garcia
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D011446:Prospective Studies; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation