Goal setting in stroke rehabilitation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Goal-setting in stroke rehabilitation: an exploration of current practice
IRAS ID
193575
Contact name
Sarah Tyson
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 9 days
Research summary
Stroke is the greatest cause of adult disability in the UK and the rest of the Westernised world. Over 150,000 people per year have a stroke and approximately 85% will need rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is key to recovery after stroke and goal setting is a fundamental component of this. Goal setting can be thought of as the targets set for stroke patients during their stay in hospital. These targets guide both the clinical team and patient through the rehabilitation process. Goal setting is recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and Royal College of Physicians (RCP) clinical guidelines. These recommendations are largely based on expert opinion and relatively low levels of evidence, highlighting the need for more extensive and robust research to strengthen the evidence base of goal setting.
We aim to develop an in-depth understanding of how goal setting is practised during stroke rehabilitation, including how the recommendations in the national clinical guidelines for stroke are interpreted and implemented by the multi-disciplinary team. This will be done via one off online questionnaires and telephone interviews with staff and anylsis of patient goal setting documentation. Patients will be recruited and asked to consent to their identifiable records being made available to the research team in order to access and record data from their goal setting documentation.
REC name
North West - Greater Manchester South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NW/0008
Date of REC Opinion
29 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion