Stroke Patients Motivation Influence on the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy

Joint Authors

Rapolienė, Jolita
Endzelytė, Erika
Jasevičienė, Indrė
Savickas, Raimondas

Source

Rehabilitation Research and Practice

Issue

Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-7, 7 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2018-07-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

7

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Introduction.

Individuals who have experienced stroke are often described as apathetic, having lost of interest, and unmotivated.

This might be a problem in achieving treatment results.

It is still unclear what impact age and gender have on the motivation.

The Aim of Research.

To evaluate motivation influence on the effectiveness of occupational therapy in patients with stroke.

Methods.

Study included 30 patients who experienced acute stroke.

Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) scale has been used for motivation assessment.

Internal persons’ motivation was evaluated to determine how much a person believes that his recovery depends on his own behaviour and external persons’ motivation—how a person relates his state of health to the impact of the surrounding people.

Performance of daily activities was assessed using Functional Independency Measure (FIM).

Results.

At the beginning of rehabilitation of the patients with stroke, external motivation was greater than the internal one.

At the end of rehabilitation internal motivation has increased by 1.8±0.4 points, while the external motivation decreased by 2.4±0.6 points (p<0.05).

At the beginning of rehabilitation patients independence in activities of daily living assessed with FIM was 70.0±2.9 points.

At the end of rehabilitation their ability to perform daily activities improved by 26.9±1.9 points and reached 96.9±2.7 points (p<0.05).

We found statistically significant (p<0.05) moderate correlation (r=0.72) between patients internal motivation at the beginning of the rehabilitation and increase of independence after rehabilitation.

Conclusion.

Older patients had lower internal motivation than younger ones, and independence in daily activities improvement was influenced by younger age and by brain damage depth.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Rapolienė, Jolita& Endzelytė, Erika& Jasevičienė, Indrė& Savickas, Raimondas. 2018. Stroke Patients Motivation Influence on the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212757

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Rapolienė, Jolita…[et al.]. Stroke Patients Motivation Influence on the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212757

American Medical Association (AMA)

Rapolienė, Jolita& Endzelytė, Erika& Jasevičienė, Indrė& Savickas, Raimondas. Stroke Patients Motivation Influence on the Effectiveness of Occupational Therapy. Rehabilitation Research and Practice. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1212757

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1212757