Journal article
Course of Social Participation in the First 2 Years After Stroke and Its Associations With Demographic and Stroke-Related Factors
DPJ Verberne, MWM Post, S Köhler, LM Carey, JMA Visser-Meily, CM van Heugten
Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2018
Abstract
Background. Many persons with stroke experience physical, cognitive, and emotional problems that contribute to restrictions in social participation. There is, however, a lack of knowledge on the long-term course of participation over time post-stroke. Objective. To describe the time course of participation up to 2 years post-stroke and to identify which demographic and stroke-related factors are associated with this time course. Methods. This was a multicenter, prospective cohort study following 390 persons with stroke from hospital admission up to 2 years (at 2, 6, 12, and 24 months). Multilevel modeling with linear and quadratic time effects was used to examine the course of the frequency ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The Restore4stroke cohort study was supported by the VSBfonds (Grant Number: 89000004) and coordinated by ZonMw (Dutch organization for Health Research and Development). This collaborative research project was supported by the James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Cognitive Rehabilitation-Collaborative Award (#220020413).