The effects of increased therapy time on cognition, rest—activity rhythm and level of depression and anxiety ( mood) in frail patients with a stroke on rehabilitation units of nursing homes in the Netherlands: A protocol of a comparative study.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- stroke
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Free University of Amsterdam
- Enrollment
- 80
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
First publication:
Clinical Rehabilitation: Filling up the hours: How do stroke patients on a rehabilitation nursing home spend the day? Marleen Huijben-Schoenmakers, Claudia Gamel Nursing Science Department, University Medical Centre Utrecht and Tho´ ra B Hafsteinsdo´ ttir Division of Neuroscience of the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neurosciences, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, and Care for the Elderly and Chronically Ill, University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands and the Faculty of Nursing, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Received 30th March 2009; returned for revisions 7th May 2009; revised manuscript accepted 21st May 2009.
Second publication:
Clinical Rehabilitation: “Can practice undertaken by patients be increased simply through implementing agreed national guidelines”? An observational study. Is online.
Submitted to BMC Geriatrics:The effects of increased therapy time on cognition, rest—activity rhythm and level of depression and anxiety ( mood) in frail patients with a stroke on rehabilitation units of nursing homes in the Netherlands: A protocol of a comparative study. Marleen Huijben- Schoenmakers, Arno Rademaker, Peter van Rooden and Erik Scherder.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Stroke and rehabilitation on the unit of the nursing homes.
Exclusion Criteria
- •1\. Too ill to participate;
- •2\. Aphasia;
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified