What underlies the difference between self-reported health and disability after stroke? A qualitative study in the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Levels of self-reported health do not always correlate with levels of physical disability in stroke survivors. We aimed to explore what underlies the difference between subjective self-reported health and objectively measured disability among stroke survivors.

Methods

Face to face semi-structured interviews were conducted with stroke survivors recruited from a stroke clinic or rehabilitation ward in the UK. Fifteen stroke survivors purposively sampled from the clinic who had discordant self-rated health and levels of disability i.e. reported health as 'excellent' or 'good' despite significant physical disability (eight), or as 'fair' or 'poor' despite minimal disability (seven) were compared to each other, and to a control group of 13 stroke survivors with concord

SUBMITTER: Mavaddat N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362227 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature