Disability and rehabilitation
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There is potential value in developing a brief assessment tool for assessing recovery after musculoskeletal injuries. Our goal was to investigate the association between a one-item global self-assessment of recovery and commonly used measures of recovery status. ⋯ Our findings suggest that a single recovery question is a useful tool for conducting brief global assessments of recovery of musculoskeletal injuries.
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To examine how men present themselves as patients with chronic pain and how the men's subjective experience of pain interplay with dominant norms of masculinity. ⋯ Men's stories of chronic muscle pain display a subtle balance between following dominant norms of masculinity, such as being rational and in self-control, and a need to express vulnerability as human beings. We argue that health care professionals should be sensitive to the dynamics of subjectivities and cultural norms of gender within patients' illness stories.
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To investigate factors associated with post-traumatic growth (PTG) 13 years after severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to see if PTG had remained consistent between 11 and 13 years after injury. ⋯ • People with TBI do perceive benefits or post-traumatic growth (PTG), after time, which once established remains stable.• Factors such as having a sense of "meaning" and "purpose", are predictors of PTG.• Social support, activity such as work, new and stable relationships, a shift toward spiritual values, and milder disability are also associated with PTG.• Clinicians can focus effort into supporting these developments.]
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This study examines long-term neuropsychological and psychosocial outcomes of survivors of malignant middle cerebral artery infarction treated via decompressive hemicraniectomy. ⋯ • Malignant middle cerebral artery infarction is a life threatening condition.• The neurosurgical procedure, “decompressive hemicraniectomy” has been shown to be life-saving among patients with this condition.• There is little known about the long-term neuropsychological and psychosocial outcomes following decompressive hemicraniectomy for malignant middle cerebral artery infarction.• This study concludes that neuropsychological impairments are highly probable post-surgery. However, preserved abilities and social support may serve a protective function against depression and an unacceptably poor quality of life.]
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To describe how fatigue is experienced by stroke survivors, how they understand and deal with fatigue and how fatigue impacts their daily life. ⋯ Post-stroke fatigue is a new life experience different from ordinary tiredness and seems to be a significant problem in the stroke survivors' struggle to regain a new normalcy. Intervention studies are needed to reduce the impact of post-stroke fatigue on coping and recovery.