Coaching stroke survivors to persevere with practice: An observational behavioural mapping study.

ABSTRACT: ObjectiveTo quantitatively describe therapists' use of coaching with stroke survivors, in a hospital-based rehabilitation setting, to promote perseverance with longer-term practice.DesignProspective observational behavioural mapping study.SettingRehabilitation unit of a regional public hospital in Queensland, Australia.Main measuresA custom-designed behavioural mapping tool was used to collect rehabilitation session contextual data and therapists' use of coaching. Data were captured in 3-minute epochs for a maximum of 30 minutes. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics.ResultsThirty-six rehabilitation sessions, including 34 participants (therapists n = 22, stroke survivors n = 12) were observed. Rehabilitation sessions were mostly inpatient (n = 33, 91.7%), one

SUBMITTER: Neibling B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11927032 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature