Contributions to the literature
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Functional recovery for adult stroke survivors is dependent on several factors, and a few studies have documented the trajectories of return to normal living by stroke survivors.
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We propose a scoping review to critically review the evidence investigating reintegration to normal living following a stroke.
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The findings will serve as empirical documentation of the determinants of reintegration to normal living for adult stroke survivors.
Background
Methods
Step 1: Identifying the research question
P: Population | Adult: These include individuals (stroke survivors) ≥ 18 years |
C: Concept | Reintegration to normal living: Reintegration to normal living is one of the most important elements of stroke rehabilitation [3] and it involves ‘reorganization of physical, psychological and social characteristics so that the individual can resume well-readjusted living after incapacitating illness or trauma ’[4]. |
C: Context | Post-stroke rehabilitation: Community reintegration which is one of the main goals of rehabilitation [8] for stroke survivors after the acute phase of cerebrovascular accident is dependent on physical functioning and several interrelated facilitators and barriers in the social and physical environment [10]. |
Step 2: Identifying relevant studies
Information sources
Date | Keywords | Search results |
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23/06/2021 | Search: (((stroke) OR (cerebrovascular accident)) AND (community reintegration)) OR (community integration) (("stroke"[MeSH Terms] OR "stroke"[All Fields] OR "strokes"[All Fields] OR "stroke s"[All Fields] OR ("stroke"[MeSH Terms] OR "stroke"[All Fields] OR ("cerebrovascular"[All Fields] AND "accident"[All Fields]) OR "cerebrovascular accident"[All Fields])) AND (("communal"[All Fields] OR "communalism"[All Fields] OR "communalities"[All Fields] OR "communality"[All Fields] OR "communally"[All Fields] OR "commune"[All Fields] OR "communes"[All Fields] OR "community s"[All Fields] OR "communitys"[All Fields] OR "residence characteristics"[MeSH Terms] OR ("residence"[All Fields] AND "characteristics"[All Fields]) OR "residence characteristics"[All Fields] OR "communities"[All Fields] OR "community"[All Fields]) AND ("reintegrate"[All Fields] OR "reintegrated"[All Fields] OR "reintegrating"[All Fields] OR "reintegration"[All Fields] OR "reintegrations"[All Fields] OR "reintegrative"[All Fields]))) OR ("community integration"[MeSH Terms] OR ("community"[All Fields] AND "integration"[All Fields]) OR "community integration"[All Fields]) | 14,534 |
Step 3: Study selection
Eligibility criteria
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Studies involving participants ≥ 18 years old
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Articles reporting evidence on stroke survivors
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Articles reporting evidence on reintegration to normal living
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All study designs (interventional, observational, qualitative and mixed methods designs)
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English language publications and
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Articles published to the date of the last search in 2021
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Opinion pieces and commentaries on reintegration to normal living of stroke survivors
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Review studies
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Articles reporting evidence involving individuals younger than 18 years old
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Articles published in languages other than English
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Full-text articles that cannot be found/accessed
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Study settings that included only hospital-level care