Open Access<p>Analysis of the Degree of Acceptance of Illness Among Patients After a Stroke: An Observational Study</p>
Author(s) -
Zbigniew Guzek,
Joanna Kowalska
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s268095
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , stroke (engine) , rivermead post concussion symptoms questionnaire , mood , observational study , depression (economics) , physical therapy , geriatric depression scale , activities of daily living , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , cognition , mechanical engineering , engineering , economics , macroeconomics
The aim of this study was to analyse the level of illness and disability acceptance in stroke patients undergoing regular rehabilitation at two time points, before rehabilitation and after 3 weeks, and to answer the following questions: What is the functional and emotional status of stroke patients, characterized by a lower and higher level of illness acceptance before and after the 3-week rehabilitation period? What factors, including clinical, sociodemographic, functional and emotional, are associated with the degree of illness acceptance in patients who have suffered a first stroke?