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Poor concurrence between disabilities as described by patients and established assessment tools three months after stroke: A mixed methods approach.
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PMID:  21937062     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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BACKGROUND: Disability/problems, one phenomenon underlying people's need for health care services, can be viewed both from the perspectives of people with stroke (felt problems), and the health professionals (assessed problems). OBJECTIVE: The aim was to describe felt problems three months after stroke and to explore the concurrence between felt problems and assessed problems. METHOD: The patients (n=203) received care in the stroke units at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden. Felt problems, drawn from an open question, were categorized. Results from established assessment tools: Katz Extended Index of ADL (KI); Barthel Index (BI) and Stroke Impact Scale (SIS) represented assessed problems. Items/domains in the assessment tools that corresponded to the categories of felt problems were identified and comparisons performed. RESULT: The category Fatigue had the largest number of felt problems (n=58, 28%). Fourteen out of the 24 categories of felt problems had corresponding items/domains in the assessment tools. KE/BI failed to identify 16-57% and SIS 0-33% of the felt problems. CONCLUSION: There was a substantial lack of concurrence between felt and assessed problems. The results indicate that the use of standardized instruments should be complemented by a dialog if health services are to be based on problems experienced by the patients.
Authors:
Malin Tistad; Charlotte Ytterberg; Kerstin Tham; Lena von Koch
Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of the neurological sciences     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1878-5883     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
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Created Date:  2011-9-22     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0375403     Medline TA:  J Neurol Sci     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Karolinska Institutet, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Occupational Therapy, Fack 23 200, 141 83 Huddinge, Sweden; Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Neurology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, 141 86 Stockholm, Sweden; Dalarna University, School of Health and Social Studies, 791 88 Falun, Sweden.
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