Identification of Facilitators and Barriers to Functional Ability in Elderly Stroke Patients: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
The core elements for improving the functional ability of patients are establishing a service model of multidisciplinary teamwork; guaranteeing the continuity of in-hospital and home rehabilitation; enriching the form and content of health education to improve patient knowledge of the disease; providing psychological support to alleviate patients' negative emotions; and establishing of effective social safeguards and support systems.
Authors
- Wei Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-7223)
- Ruirui Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0169-0643)
- Xiubin Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4484-4067)
- Aiping Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2175-0081)
Institutions
- Wannan Medical College (CN)
- Health Commission of Anhui Province (CN)
- First Hospital of China Medical University (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (CN)
- China Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare
- Published
- 2025-02-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jmdh.s507794
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.03