Life after Stroke
About this PSP
In 2011 this PSP collected questions about life after stroke from stroke survivors, carers and health professionals.
After combining and merging, 226 individual questions remained. From this list, participants and organisations were asked to choose the top 10 questions which they felt were the most important for future research. From this exercise, a list of 24 questions was taken to a final priority setting workshop on 16 November 2011.
The PSP was coordinated by DORIS (Database of Research in Stroke), which is based at the Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Health Professions Research Unit at Glasgow Caledonian University, in partnership with the Cochrane Stroke Group.
The Life after Stroke PSP Top 10 was published in November 2011.
Key documents
Top 10 priorities
- What are the best ways to improve cognition after stroke?
- What are the best ways to help people come to terms with the long-term consequences of stroke?
- What are the best ways to help people recover from aphasia?
- What are the best treatments for arm recovery and function, including visual feedback, virtual reality, bilateral training, repetitive task training, imagery or mental practice, splinting, electromechanical and robot-assisted arm training, and botulinum toxin?
- What are the best ways to treat visual problems after stroke?
- What are the best ways to manage or prevent fatigue?
- What are the best treatments to improve balance, gait, and mobility, including physiotherapy, gait rehabilitation, visual and auditory feedback, electrical stimulation, different types of ankle foot orthoses, and electromechanical assisted gait training?
- How can stroke survivors and families be helped to cope with speech problems?
- What are the best ways to improve confidence after stroke, including stroke clubs or groups, offering support, one-to-one input, and re-skilling?
- Are exercise and fitness programmes beneficial at improving function and quality of life and avoiding subsequent stroke?
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