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Volunteer Stroke Service (VSS) groups for patients with communication difficulties after stroke: a qualitative analysis of the value of groups to their users

Lynn Legg

Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust, Glasgow, step{at}clinmed.gla.ac.uk

David Stott

Academic Section of Geriatric Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust, Glasgow

Graham Ellis

Medicine for the Elderly, Monklands Hospital, Airdrie

Cameron Sellars

Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland

Objectives: To identify the functions that Volunteer Stroke Service (VSS) groups fulfil for their members.

Design: Qualitative focus group study.

Setting: Mixed urban and rural community settings in Scotland.

Participants: Seven focus groups comprising a total of 24 men and 14 women, with dysarthria or aphasia following stroke, who were members of VSS groups funded by Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland.

Results: We identified eight main themes. VSS groups (1) include members in an interpersonal network, (2) provide members with the opportunity to develop interpersonal relations, (3) provide members with support, (4) provide opportunities for personal growth and development, (5) supply members with a purpose, structure and routine, (6) help members establish and confirm their identify, beliefs and values, (7) help members accomplish individual and shared goals, and (8) provide members with the opportunity to influence others and be influenced.

Conclusion: VSS groups appear to provide a range of functions that meet members' personal, interpersonal and psychological needs.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 21, No. 9, 794-804 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507077301
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