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ArticleClinical rehabilitation2025

How important are working relationships for stroke self-management? A qualitative study with healthcare professionals in community stroke teams.

Lauren Lucas, Sarah Peters, Sarah Cotterill, Audrey Bowen

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Article in Clinical rehabilitation, 2025. 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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  1. The Influence of Relationships Within Behavioral Weight Management Interventions: An Overview.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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4 authors.

Lauren LucasManchester Centre for Health Psychology, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6650-9139
Sarah PetersManchester Centre for Health Psychology, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Sarah CotterillCentre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-5136-390X
Audrey BowenManchester Centre for Health Psychology, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4075-1215

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveTo understand healthcare professionals' experiences of developing therapeutic alliances (working relationships) with stroke survivors, and their views on how alliance relates to self-management in community settings.DesignQualitative study.SettingCommunity.ParticipantsHealthcare professionals recruited purposively from four National Health Service community stroke teams in England.Main measuresSemi-structured, one-to-one qualitative interviews, transcribed verbatim and analysed using Braun and Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis.ResultsNineteen clinicians (six physiotherapists, four occupational therapists, two speech and language therapists, two nurses, one psychologist and four people in assistant/trainee roles) were included in the study. Three main themes were developed from the data. (1)

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Health PersonnelPatient Care TeamProfessional-Patient RelationsSelf-ManagementStroke RehabilitationAdultAttitude of Health PersonnelEnglandFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedQualitative ResearchStrokeCommunity rehabilitationqualitative studyself-managementstroketherapeutic alliance

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PMID40686244
PMCPMC12340139

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