Development of an interprofessional diagnostic toolkit to enhance outside walking gait-related participation of people after stroke in Germany: study protocol of an ongoing multi-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Persons after stroke experience limitations in activities of daily living even in the chronic phase. Many patients who had a stroke report mobility limitations with loss of social roles such as reduced gait-related participation. International best-practice recommendations for patients who had a stroke include interprofessional diagnostics as a core element for goal setting and intervention planning to improve social participation. Interprofessional diagnostics has not yet been implemented in Germany.

Methods and analysis

The aim is to develop an interprofessional diagnostic toolkit. This will be done in a multi-step process: first, an integrative review is conducted to synthesise the literature. Second, the experiences regarding diagnostics and walking outside

SUBMITTER: Pott C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409394 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature