Development of strategies to support home-based exercise adherence after stroke: a Delphi consensus.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a set of strategies to enhance adherence to home-based exercises after stroke, and an overarching framework to classify these strategies.

Method

We conducted a four-round Delphi consensus (two online surveys, followed by a focus group then a consensus round). The Delphi panel consisted of 13 experts from physiotherapy, occupational therapy, clinical psychology, behaviour science and community medicine. The experts were from India, Australia and UK.

Results

In round 1, a 10-item survey using open-ended questions was emailed to panel members and 75 strategies were generated. Of these, 25 strategies were included in round 2 for further consideration. A total of 64 strategies were finally included in the subsequent rounds. In round 3, the strategies w

SUBMITTER: Mahmood A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8739434 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature