Effect of occupational therapy home visit discharge planning on participation after stroke: protocol for the HOME Rehab trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

After first stroke, the transition from rehabilitation to home can be confronting and fraught with challenges. Although stroke clinical practice guidelines recommend predischarge occupational therapy home visits to ensure safe discharge and provision of appropriate equipment, there is currently limited evidence to support this recommendation.

Methods and analysis

The HOME Rehab trial is a national, multicentre, phase III randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinded assessment and intention-to-treat analysis being conducted in Australia. The trial aim is to determine the effect and potential cost-effectiveness of an enhanced occupational therapy discharge planning intervention that involves pre and postdischarge home visits, goal setting and occ

SUBMITTER: Lannin NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8258558 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature