Open AccessBelief, Confidence, and Motivation to Use the Paretic Upper Limb in Daily Life Over the First 24 Weeks After Stroke
Author(s) -
Kimberly J. Waddell,
Rachel G. Tabak,
Michael Strube,
Debra HaireJoshu,
Catherine E. Lang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of neurologic physical therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.046
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1557-0584
pISSN - 1557-0576
DOI - 10.1097/npt.0000000000000287
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychology , stroke (engine) , confidence interval , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , self efficacy , clinical psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering , statistics , mathematics
The recovery patterns of upper limb (UL) impairment after stroke are established. Psychosocial factors such as belief that paretic UL recovery is possible, confidence, and motivation to use the paretic UL in everyday tasks are unexplored early after stroke. The purpose of this exploratory study was to characterize belief, confidence, and motivation to use the paretic UL in daily life, and self-perceived barriers to UL recovery over the first 24 weeks after stroke.