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The use of individualized booklets after a stroke

University Rehabilitation Unit, Southampton General Hospital

DL McLellan

University Rehabilitation Unit, Southampton General Hospital

An attempt was made to maintain or improve the level of independence in stroke patients going home from hospital by giving them individually orientated booklets to help them retain the skills acquired in hospital. These contained information on their condition, consequent problems and the rehabilitation measures specific to each patient, illustrated with pertinent photographs. Measures of independence and social functioning were used at discharge and three months later to assess any difference in outcome between a group which was issued booklets and a group which was not. There was no statistically significant difference between the physical and social functioning of the trial and control groups, but many subjects felt the booklets had been of help.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 4, No. 4, 265-272 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/026921559000400403


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