Evaluation of the Post Stroke Checklist PSC A Qualitative Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development - Year 2020, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Background Stroke is a disease that occurs due to hypoxic damage, ischemia, infarction, or hemorrhage and is a major disease that causes diverse squeal such as movement disorders. The World Health Organization WHO estimated that 15 million people worldwide and 130 100000 individuals in India experience a stroke every year. Of these, a third are left permanently disabled, impacting the clients quality of life as well as placing burdens on family, health systems and the wider community.Objective The purpose of study is to evaluate the feasibility and usefulness of the PSC with modified referral prompts in clinical practice and assess its relevance to stroke survivors in Odisha. Methods A total of 50 subjects fulfilling criteria were taken from the Department of Occupational Therapy D.O.T , SVNIRTAR for the study. A total 10 Occupational Therapists from Department of Occupational Therapy, SVNIRTAR participated in administrating the PSC. Prior to completing Post Stroke Checklist with the subjects, training to the therapist clinicians demonstrating how PSC would be administered. Mini Mental State Examination was done to determine whether concepts and items were understood by the patients in the same way as the Therapists Clinicians intend to say. Post Stroke Checklist was then administered in a Qualitative face to face interview in all the subjects on one to one basis. Finally, subjects were provided with a satisfaction questionnaire to rate their level of satisfaction for Post Stroke Checklist.Results Patient Satisfaction with the PSC assessment was high, with an average rating of 8.26 10. Patient rating of satisfaction that the PSC identified their needs was also high. Clinician satisfaction with PSC varied greatly between the patients they assessed however satisfaction was generally high. The average rating was found to be 8.8 10 with maximizing the clinician ease to identify the patient needs and making referrals.Conclusion Thus, the finding suggest that PSC is a viable and useful measure for identifying long term stroke care needs in a clinical practice setting. Current study shows that the PSC is able to identify a wide range of unmet needs with life after stroke. Deeksha Tomar | Mr. Rama Kumar Sahu "Evaluation of the Post Stroke Checklist (PSC): A Qualitative Study" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-1 , December 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38236.pdf Paper URL : https://www.ijtsrd.com/medicine/other/38236/evaluation-of-the-post-stroke-checklist-psc-a-qualitative-study/deeksha-tomar
Authors and Affiliations
Deeksha Tomar | Mr. Rama Kumar Sahu
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP692375
- DOI -
- Views 90
- Downloads 0
Competition Situation in Lithuania From Theory to Practice
Competition is the competition between manufacturers, consumers and other economic actors for markets, goods and other resources. Competition occurs when, in a single sphere trade, production, distribution of goods or ot...
Analysis of Energy in Wireless Sensor Networks An Assessment
In the past decades, Wireless Sensor Network WSN has become a wide area of research. In WSN, numerous sensor nodes are randomly setup with different energy level. Energy acts as power source and is available to each sens...
The Required Policy Change in Energy Sector for India's Energy Security
The existing clean energy technologies are wind and solar which are intermittent in nature and depends on the availability of the wind and sunlight. To give stability to the power supply another source of clean energy wh...
Health Psychology Psychological Adjustment to the Disease, Disability and Loss
This article discusses the psychological adjustment of adults to severe or incurable diseases or other loss. The stress that results from a diagnosis of illness or loss depends on many factors, such as the beliefs of eac...
Knowledge of the Implementation of the Malaria Control Program in Four Health Districts in Yaounde, Cameroon
Malaria is one of the oldest diseases of mankind and has been the greatest scourge and killer of all times. It is caused by protozoan parasites from the genus Plasmodium and is transmitted by the bite of a female Anophel...