title: [Social support in the rehabilitation of patients with disabilities due to stroke].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to describe a strategy of social support in the recovery of functional capacity on basic activities of daily living (ADL), quality of life and ways to face stress in patients after a stroke.
  
  
  METHODS
  patients (56) with stroke, were integrated in support groups during the three months of rehabilitation. Outcomes were assessed through the Barthel Index, SF-36 questionnaire, and the Lazarus-Folkman measure.
  
  
  RESULTS
  there was an improvement in functional capacity, with an increase in the emotional support (p = 0.0191) and affectivity (p = 0.0085). There was no change in caregiver. In quality of life 13.3 % of patients met the floor values in the dimension of physical function, 40 % in physical role and emotional role 36.7%. The most frequently used facing strategy in patients and caregivers were magical thinking that led a positive facing in the area of passive facing or directed to emotion; while in active facing or directed to the problem more flexibility in the addressed problem was used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the social support strategies in the rehabilitation of patients with stroke reflected an improvement on functional recovery, and quality of life.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, México. albertx7@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: José Emidgio Alberto
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pérez-Rojas
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: del Pilar Torres-Arreola
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012944:Social Support; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation