Patients' experience of and participation in a stroke self-management programme, My Life After Stroke (MLAS): a multimethod study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

A self-management programme, My Life After Stroke (MLAS), was developed to support stroke survivors. This evaluation reports patients' experience.

Design

Multimethod, involving interviews and questionnaires.

Setting

23 general practices in the intervention arm of a cluster randomised controlled trial in East of England and East Midlands, UK.

Participants

People on the stroke registers of participating general practices were invited to attend an MLAS programme.

Interventions

MLAS comprises one-to-one and group-based sessions to promote independence, confidence and hope.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcome was uptake of the programme. Participants who declined MLAS were sent a questionnaire to ascertain why. Attendee

SUBMITTER: Blatchford EG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9668005 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature