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Effect of Strategy Training on Self-Awareness of Deficits After Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Self-awareness of deficits, or the ability to understand the effects of impairments on daily life, is often diminished after a stroke. Diminished self-awareness influences participation in rehabilitation and functional outcomes.

Objective

To examine whether self-awareness of deficits changed over time after a stroke (N = 43) and whether metacognitive strategy training (n = 21) resulted in improved self-awareness compared with direct skill training (n = 22).

Design

Secondary analysis of data collected from a randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Inpatient stroke rehabilitation.

Participants

Adults with cognitive impairments after an acute stroke.

Intervention

Metacognitive strategy training is an approach in which clients are guided through a process of self-assessment and develop solutions for barriers to task performance. This approach was compared with direct skill training, in which the therapist provides specific instructions for task completion, removing the client-initiated assessment and problem-solving components.

Outcomes and measures

Self-awareness measures included the Self-Regulation Skills Interview and Self-Awareness of Deficits Interview at baseline and 3 mo and 6 mo after the intervention. We used a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) to analyze change in self-awareness and a two-way ANOVA to examine differences between groups over time.

Results

There was a statistically significant and potentially meaningful difference over time in the self-awareness domain of strategy behavior, F(2) = 3.35, p = .039, but there were no differences in improvements between the metacognitive strategy and direct skill training groups.

Conclusions and relevance

Self-awareness warrants further investigation to determine whether it improves naturally over time or through both interventions after stroke.

What this article adds

Self-awareness of deficits, and the use of strategies in particular, may improve in the early stages of stroke recovery, but the optimal approach for intervention remains unclear.

SUBMITTER: Kersey J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6533049 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of Strategy Training on Self-Awareness of Deficits After Stroke.

Kersey Jessica J Juengst Shannon B SB Skidmore Elizabeth E

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association 20190501 3

<h4>Importance</h4>Self-awareness of deficits, or the ability to understand the effects of impairments on daily life, is often diminished after a stroke. Diminished self-awareness influences participation in rehabilitation and functional outcomes.<h4>Objective</h4>To examine whether self-awareness of deficits changed over time after a stroke (N = 43) and whether metacognitive strategy training (n = 21) resulted in improved self-awareness compared with direct skill training (n = 22).<h4>Design</h ...[more]

PMID: 31120846

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Dataset Information

Effect of Strategy Training on Self-Awareness of Deficits After Stroke.

Importance

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Intervention

Outcomes and measures

Results

Conclusions and relevance

What this article adds

Publications

Effect of Strategy Training on Self-Awareness of Deficits After Stroke.

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