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ArticleBMJ open2021

Association of patient quality of life with the degree of agreement in the perceptions of patient disability within the stroke patient-rehabilitation therapist dyad: a cross-sectional study in postdischarge rehabilitation setting.

Naoki Takashi, Michael J McCarthy, Rie Suzuki, Kakuya Ogahara, Masako Ono-Kihara, Masahiro Kihara, Takeo Nakayama

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Article in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Naoki TakashiGraduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan 0taka8@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4360-2194
Michael J McCarthyCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Social Work, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Rie SuzukiDepartment of Public Health & Health Sciences, University of Michigan Flint, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4969-291X
Kakuya OgaharaDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Kanagawa University of Human Services, Yokosuka, Japan.
Masako Ono-KiharaGlobal Health Interdisciplinary Unit, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Masahiro KiharaGlobal Health Interdisciplinary Unit, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Takeo NakayamaGraduate School of Medicine, School of Public Health, Department of Health Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
Kyoto University · JPKanagawa University of Human Services · JPNorthern Arizona University · USUniversity of Michigan–Flint · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe purpose of study was to explore the association between patient physical and psychological quality of life (QOL) with the degree of agreement in perceptions of patient disability within the stroke patient-rehabilitation therapist dyad.

designCross-sectional dyadic study with a tablet-based structured questionnaire.

settingRehabilitation, nursing and long-term care facilities that provide rehabilitation services in the Kanagawa prefecture, Japan.

participantsThe 81 dyads of a male patient with stroke living at home and the rehabilitation therapist in charge of the eligible patient were recruited from March 2019 to February 2020.

methodPatient physical and psychological QOL was measured using the WHOQOL BREF. Perceptions of patient disability were measured using the 12-item WHO Disability Assessment Schedule V.2.0 (DAS). DAS scores of patients and therapists were classified into two (high and low) and three (high, medium, low) categories, respectively, and six patterns of agreement about patient function were created and used in the analysis. Generalised estimating equations were used to examine multivariable associations between WHOQOL scores in patients and the degree of agreement within dyads adjusting for other covariates and clustering effects.

resultsAmong 81 enrolled dyads, 48 (59.3%) were classified into one of four disagreement groups (low medium, low high, high medium, high low). When the patient appraised himself as having mild disability, the degree of patient-therapist disagreement was negatively associated with patient's physical and psychological QOL. When the patient appraised himself as having severe disability, his physical and/or psychological QOL was poorer, regardless of the degree of agreement.

conclusionsDisagreement in the perception of disability within patient-rehabilitation therapist dyad could be associated with patient's poor QOL, especially when the patient perceives himself as having mild disability. Reaching an agreement about patient disability is needed in the delivery of rehabilitation care for patients with stroke living at home to improve their QOL.

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StrokeStroke RehabilitationAftercareCross-Sectional StudiesHumansJapanMalePatient DischargePerceptionQuality of LifeSurveys and Questionnairespublic healthrehabilitation medicinestroke

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PMID33952542
PMCPMC8103374
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