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Occupational therapy in natural environments with people in subacute stroke. Case report

Authors

  • Miguel Blasco Giménez Universidad Católica de Valencia "San Vicente Mártir". http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-6154
  • César Rubio Belmonte Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Francisco Tomás Aguirre Universidad Católica de Valencia “San Vicente Mártir”
  • Miguel Gómez Martínez Universidad Católica de Valencia.
Vol. 17 No. 2 (2017): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2017.48090

Abstract

Case report for a man who after a hemorrhagic stroke occurs predominantly motor sequelae (left hemiparesis). The intervention was implemented immediately after hospital discharge and after receiving conventional treatment in Occupational Therapy Department Neurrorehabilitación Hospital. Such intervention is based on models of practice focused on the person and natural environments and aims to empower families, occupying the role of formal supports the user, and the user in managing the consequences in the performance resulting from occupational injury. It conducted an intervention through home visits during the period of one month in which various strategies to improve user performance and caregiver in areas that previously had been identified as problematic both developed.At the end of the program improvements it was evident by the user in motor function, independence in basic activities of daily life, perceived quality of life and occupational performance and satisfaction with it: mas increased 9 points, Barthel Index 10 points, EuroQoF-5D Test 1 point and 2 pointscopm increases in performance and 6 points for user sat isfact ion and 5 points in performance and 6 points for t he caregiver sat isfact ion.The results invite further explore the benefits of this intervention methodology

Keywords:

Home visit, Model of natural enviroments, Occupational therapy, Person centered practices, Stroke

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Blasco Giménez, M., Rubio Belmonte, C., Aguirre, F. T., & Gómez Martínez, M. (2017). Occupational therapy in natural environments with people in subacute stroke. Case report: Estudio de caso. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 17(2), 103–109. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2017.48090
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
Universidad de Chile
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