title: Acknowledging How Older Australian Women Experience Life After Stroke: How Does the WHO 18-Item Brief ICF Core Set for Stroke Compare?
abstract: We examined older women's qualitative experiences of stroke with the World Health Organization's 18-item Brief International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set for Stroke. Women were participants of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health, born between 1921 and 1926, who had experienced a stroke in the previous 3 years. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted of women's qualitative experiences of stroke, which were then examined with the 18-item Brief Core Set for Stroke for congruency. Our analysis showed that for older Australian women, their concerns of poststroke living were not adequately classified, potentially impeding a full recovery.
authors.affiliation: a Priority Research Centre for Gender , Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Meredith
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavener
authors.affiliation: b Faculty of Spatial Sciences , University of Groningen , Groningen , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thijsen
authors.affiliation: c School of Medicine and Public Health , University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Isobel J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.affiliation: a Priority Research Centre for Gender , Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: J Lynn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Francis
authors.affiliation: d Central Coast Local Health District , Gosford , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grennall
authors.affiliation: e Hunter Medical Research Institute , John Hunter Hospital , New Lambton , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.affiliation: a Priority Research Centre for Gender , Health and Ageing, University of Newcastle , Callaghan , New South Wales , Australia.
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Byles
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D064702:International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D012944:Social Support; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D014944:World Health Organization