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From paper to informatics: the Post Soft Care-App, an easy-to-use and fast tool to help therapists identify unmet needs in stroke patients.
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Functional neurology [Funct Neurol] 2018 Oct/Dec; Vol. 33 (4), pp. 200-205. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Even after rehabilitation, post stroke patients remain disabled. The Post Stroke Checklist (PSC) was developed to highlight unmet needs of community-dwelling stroke patients. The present study set out to validate Post Soft Care-App, designed to administer the PSC using smartphones and tablets, in order to monitor unmet needs in chronic patients. Fifty-three patients and fifteen physiotherapists were enrolled. The therapists administered the PSC to patients using the app, and then completed a structured questionnaire on its usability and utility. The Post Soft Care-App highlighted the following unmet needs: increased spasticity (56.6%), reduced independence in activities of daily living (47.2%), reduced mobility (45.3%), absence of secondary prevention (45.3%). Therapists positively evaluated Post Soft Care-App as useful, practical, quick to complete (96.2%), and effective in helping improve communication with patients (75.5%). The Post Soft Care-App can be considered a valid assessment tool for helping therapists to monitor functional outcomes in chronic patients.
- Subjects :
- Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic Disease
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Outcome Assessment, Health Care standards
Activities of Daily Living
Mobile Applications standards
Muscle Spasticity diagnosis
Muscle Spasticity etiology
Muscle Spasticity physiopathology
Muscle Spasticity therapy
Needs Assessment standards
Outcome Assessment, Health Care methods
Physical Therapists
Secondary Prevention
Stroke complications
Stroke diagnosis
Stroke physiopathology
Stroke therapy
Stroke Rehabilitation
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1971-3274
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Functional neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30663966