Stroke Rehabilitation and Caregivers
Conditions
Keywords
Caregivers, Exoskeleton Device, Stroke Rehabilitation
Brief summary
Caregiver's burden in rehabilitation is important for both patients physical and mental health. Therefore researching caregivers burden and treatment of any depression or associated any psychological disorders of caregiver is crucial.
Interventions
OTHERCaregiver's Burden Inventory
The Caregiver Burden Inventory was developed by Canadian researchers.The authors of the instrument stress the importance of using a multidimensional measurement of burden with separate scores for each dimension in as opposed to global or uni-dimensional scores.
Sponsors
Gaziosmanpasa Research and Education Hospital
Study design
Observational model
CASE_CROSSOVER
Time perspective
CROSS_SECTIONAL
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Hemiplegia after stoke, Brunnstrom stages: stage 2-3 of lower limb minimum 6 months after stroke,
Exclusion criteria
* More than 1 stroke, aphasia, Dysphagia, other life life threatening diseases Independent ambulation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver Burden Inventory | 15 days | Caregiver Burden Inventory(CBI) first designed by Novak and Guest in 1989 to measure burden of patient's caregiver. Caregiver can be a relative or a professional. CBI consists of 5 different subscales(Time Dependency Items(5 question),Development Items(5 question),Physical Health Items(4 question),Emotional Health Items(5 question),Social Relationship Items(5 question)), a total of 24 questions. Every question should be answered by the caregiver according to a likert scale (0=Never,1=Rarely,2=Sometimes,3=Quite Frequently,4=Nearly Always) and a total of 96 points. 36 point is a limit to a professional help for caregiver and the higher the points get there is more burden for caregiver. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed