Stroke Patients' Free-Time Activities and Spatial Preferences During Inpatient Recovery in Rehabilitation Centers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate which spaces stroke patients visit in their free time while undergoing inpatient recovery in rehabilitation centers, what activities they engage in, and what kind of spaces they want.

Background

Research studies consistently show that stroke patients are highly inactive during rehabilitation. Much remains unknown about what patients do in their free time and how the built environment might affect their behavior and activities.

Methods

Patients' free-time activities were recorded via patient shadowing (n = 70, 840 hr), and their spatial preferences were collected using a survey (n = 60) in seven rehabilitation centers. Each participant was observed over one typical day (12 consecutive hours). Their activities, durations, and loca

SUBMITTER: Kevdzija M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523820 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature