Supported self-management in community stroke rehabilitation: what is it and how does it work? A protocol for a realist evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A growing evidence base demonstrates the effectiveness of supported self-management in stroke for stroke survivors and their families. However, there is significant variation in its implementation in community stroke care and little understanding about how supported self-management works and is delivered across different settings, models used and contexts of community stroke rehabilitation.

Methods and analysis

Using a mixed method, realist approach across two phases, this protocol describes a study on community-based supported self-management. The aim is to identify the mechanisms and outcomes of supported self-management in stroke and to understand how supported self-management is implemented in different contexts of community stroke rehabilitation. Phase 1 in

SUBMITTER: Kidd L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783824 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature