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A randomized contro...
A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of a support and education programme for spouses of people affected by stroke
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- Franzén-Dahlin, Åsa (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Larson [Windahl], Jenny, 1972- (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Örebro universitet,Institutionen för hälsovetenskap och medicin,Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Murray, Veronica (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Wredling, Regina (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Sophiahemmet Högskola
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- Billing, Ewa (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper
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- 2008-08-01
- 2008
- English.
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In: Clinical Rehabilitation. - : SAGE Publications. - 0269-2155 .- 1477-0873. ; 22:8, s. 722-30
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- OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a nurse-led support and education programme for spouses of patients affected by stroke improved the psychological health of the spouses.DESIGN: A longitudinal, open, randomized controlled trial.SAMPLE: One hundred spouses of stroke patients were randomly assigned to either an intervention or a control group.SETTING: The study was conducted in a hospital setting.INTERVENTION: The intervention consisted of six group meetings during six months, with a follow-up after further six months. Comparison between the intervention and the control groups was made at baseline, after six and 12 months using analysis with repeated measures.MAIN MEASURES: The Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale--Self-Affective for psychological health.RESULTS: No significant difference was found between the intervention and control groups concerning overall psychological health. However, a subanalysis revealed that those who participated more frequently in the group meetings (five or six times) had significantly stronger psychological health (P<0.05). Knowledge about stroke increased over time in both groups, but participants in the intervention group learned more (P=0.041).CONCLUSION: Encouraging participation in the group meetings of a support programme might have a positive effect on psychological health.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Omvårdnad (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nursing (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Caring sciences
- Omvårdnadsvetenskap
- Caring sciences
- MEDICINE
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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