Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of a multidisciplinary telerehabilitation for chronic stroke patients. Design: Chronic stroke patients eligible for multidisciplinary rehabilitation funded by the Social Insurance Institution were enrolled between September 2017 and March 2018 in a consecutive basis to receive a mixed program of inpatient rehabilitation and telerehabilitation in their homes or a traditional inpatient rehabilitation only. Intervention: A rehabilitation course with a 3-day inpatient stay followed by an 8-week telerehabilitation period completed by 2-day evaluation stay in a rehab center. The control group received conventional multidisciplinary rehabilitation for two weeks in an inpatient setting. Outcome and measures: Change in the Finnish version of Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQFin), the World Health Organization Quality of Life - Short version (WHOQOL-Bref), the Barthel Index, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI21), and the Goal Attainment Scale (GAS) and a patient satisfaction questionnaire.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
45
Short inpatient multidisciplinary rehabilitation followed by home-based telerehabilitation and a short evaluation period at the end of it.
Multidisciplinary inpatient rehabilitation, no adjustments due to the study.
Vetrea
Kuopio, Northern Savonia, Finland
Finnish version of the Functional Status Questionnaire (FSQfin)
Functional Status Questionnaire for evaluating self-management in home. Includes three dimensions: self-care, mobility and domestic life. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 8 weeks
World Health Organization Quality of Life - short version (WHOQOL-Bref)
Quality of life assessment. Includes four dimensions: physical health, psychological health, social relationships and environment. Scale range for each dimension is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Beck Depression Inventory (BDI 21)
The Beck Depression Inventory for mood assessment. Scale range is 0-63 and higher scores indicate worse outcome.
Time frame: 8 weeks
Barthel Index
for assessing need for help in basic activities of daily living. Scale range is 0-100 and higher scores indicate better outcome.
Time frame: 8 weeks
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