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Service needs of stroke survivors and their informal carers: a pilot study
Author(s) -
McLean Jacqueline,
RoperHall Alison,
RoperHall Alison,
Main Alistair
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1991.tb01691.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , feeling , stroke (engine) , medicine , physical disability , service (business) , needs assessment , psychology , gerontology , nursing , physical therapy , psychiatry , social psychology , mechanical engineering , social science , economy , sociology , engineering , economics
This pilot study prepares the way for a controlled evaluation of counselling of disabled stroke survivors and their carers It assesses feasibility of methods and outcome measures potentially useful in the main study The study elicited information about the psychological, physical, social and service needs, and the feelings of stroke survivors and their informal carers Twenty patients and their carers were interviewed separately in their own homes Results describe research tools which were refined, and demonstrate several unmet needs in the psychosocial domain The main findings were a requirement for more information about stroke and for counselling in relation to ‘care’ problems arising out of the disability of stroke disease and the changes in dependency produced