Duane Bishop1, Ivan Miller2, Daniel Weiner3, Thomas Guilmette4, Jon Mukand5, Edward Feldmann6, Gabor Keitner1, Beth Springate1. 1. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. 2. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island. 3. San Francisco Bay Area Center for Cognitive Therapy, Oakland, California University of California, Berkeley, California. 4. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Southern New England Rehabilitation Center, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, Rhode Island Providence College, Providence, Rhode Island. 5. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Southern New England Rehabilitation Center, Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, North Providence, Rhode Island. 6. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Department of Neurology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to preliminarily test the efficacy of a telephone intervention, Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking, designed to assist stroke survivors and their primary caregivers during the first 6 months after stroke. METHOD: Forty-nine stroke survivors and their caregivers were randomly assigned to treatment as usual or treatment as usual plus the telephone intervention. Global outcomes are reported for health care utilization, family functioning, and general functioning. RESULTS: Family and general functioning were positively and significantly changed at 3 and 6 months. Health care utilization was positively and significantly changed at 3 months. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that the model has the potential to decrease health care utilization and improve quality of life for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Further study is warranted.
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OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to preliminarily test the efficacy of a telephone intervention, Family Intervention: Telephone Tracking, designed to assist stroke survivors and their primary caregivers during the first 6 months after stroke. METHOD: Forty-nine stroke survivors and their caregivers were randomly assigned to treatment as usual or treatment as usual plus the telephone intervention. Global outcomes are reported for health care utilization, family functioning, and general functioning. RESULTS: Family and general functioning were positively and significantly changed at 3 and 6 months. Health care utilization was positively and significantly changed at 3 months. CONCLUSION: Findings suggest that the model has the potential to decrease health care utilization and improve quality of life for stroke survivors and their caregivers. Further study is warranted.
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Keywords:
caregiving; family function; stroke; telephone intervention
Authors: Aoife Stephenson; Sarah Howes; Paul J Murphy; Judith E Deutsch; Maria Stokes; Katy Pedlow; Suzanne M McDonough Journal: PLoS One Date: 2022-05-11 Impact factor: 3.752