Factors shaping the delivery of acute inpatient stroke therapy: a narrative synthesis.
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https://doi.org/10.2340/16501977-1918Keywords:
stroke, rehabilitation, therapy, stroke unit, hospital, inpatient.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To investigate factors shaping the delivery of acute inpatient stroke therapy (i.e. occupational therapy, physiotherapy, and speech and language therapy). DATA SOURCES: A systematic search using electronic databases: AMED, CINAHL, Medline, Web of Knowledge and EMBASE. STUDY SELECTION: Qualitative studies (n = 31) investigating delivery of inpatient stroke therapy, published since 1998, were included. DATA EXTRACTION: Narrative synthesis was used as the review method. Textual descriptions, tabulation and thematic ana-lysis were used to categorize findings and explore relationships between studies. DATA SYNTHESIS: DATA SYNTHESIS generated the following themes: the need for a therapeutic environmentDownloads
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