TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of a comprehensive erehabilitation intervention alongside conventional stroke rehabilitation on disability and healthrelated quality of life: A pre post comparison
AU - Brouns, Berber
AU - Bodegom-Vos, Leti Van
AU - de Kloet, Arend J.
AU - Tamminga, Sietske J.
AU - Volker, Gerard
AU - Berger, Monique A. M.
AU - Fiocco, Marta
AU - Goossens, Paulien H.
AU - Vliet Vlieland, Thea P. M.
AU - Meesters, Jorit J. L.
AU - Brouns, Berber
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Foundation for Rehabilitation Information. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Digital eRehabilitation, including cognitive/physical exercises, activity-Tracking and psycho-education, is available for rehabilitation after stroke. In daily practice, these are used in parallel, and evidence regarding the effect of combining applications is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eRehabilitation in clinical practice. Outcomes for 153 people with stroke admitted to conventional rehabilitation only (control group) were compared with the outcomes for 165 people with stroke admitted when eRehabilitation was available (intervention group). A total of 82 people in the intervention group (50%) received the intervention, of whom 54 (66%) used it. In the first 3 months of rehabilitation, no differences were found between the groups. Between 3 and 6 months, the intervention group as a whole showed greater improvements regarding communication and physical strength. However, differences were below minimal clinical importance. In conclusion, adding eRehabilitation alongside conventional stroke rehabilitation had a small positive effect on communication and physical strength on the longer term, compared to conventional rehabilitation only.
AB - Digital eRehabilitation, including cognitive/physical exercises, activity-Tracking and psycho-education, is available for rehabilitation after stroke. In daily practice, these are used in parallel, and evidence regarding the effect of combining applications is scarce. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eRehabilitation in clinical practice. Outcomes for 153 people with stroke admitted to conventional rehabilitation only (control group) were compared with the outcomes for 165 people with stroke admitted when eRehabilitation was available (intervention group). A total of 82 people in the intervention group (50%) received the intervention, of whom 54 (66%) used it. In the first 3 months of rehabilitation, no differences were found between the groups. Between 3 and 6 months, the intervention group as a whole showed greater improvements regarding communication and physical strength. However, differences were below minimal clinical importance. In conclusion, adding eRehabilitation alongside conventional stroke rehabilitation had a small positive effect on communication and physical strength on the longer term, compared to conventional rehabilitation only.
KW - Stroke Impact Scale
KW - comprehensive healthcare
KW - eHealth
KW - eRehabilitation.
KW - patient-reported outcome measures
KW - rehabilitation
KW - stroke
KW - telerehabilitation
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2785
DO - https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-2785
M3 - Article
C2 - 33369683
SN - 1650-1977
VL - 53
JO - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
JF - Journal of rehabilitation medicine
IS - 3
M1 - jrm00161
ER -