What is the Burden of Housing in Rural Areas for Individuals With Hemiplegia?

Uskudar State Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hemiplegia

Treatments: Other: The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale; Other: The Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SSEQ)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05833061

BurdenSVO1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Our objective is to examine the impact of residing in urban or rural areas on the utilization of healthcare services, self-efficacy, and quality of life among individuals with hemiplegia in Turkey.

Full description

In this upcoming cross-sectional study, we will assess patients with hemiplegia who are scheduled to visit the physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic. Each participant will undergo a personal interview to fulfill the Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SSEQ) and Stroke Specific Quality of Life Scale (SS-QOL). We will utilize the hospital database to determine the frequency of emergency department visits, physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic appointments, and general practitioner clinic visits specifically for hemiplegia in the previous year.

Enrollment: 180 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Clinical diagnosis of Stroke.
• Giving consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Not giving consent.
• Inability to read and comprehend.
• Severe cognitive impairments or communication difficulties.
• Severe visual or motor impairments

Trial design

180 participants in 1 patient group

Stroke Patients

Description:

Stroke patients giving written informed consent.

Treatment:

Other: The Stroke-Specific Quality of Life (SS-QoL) scale

Other: The Stroke Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (SSEQ)