Version1:Being Heard: Communication in inpatient stroke rehabilitation
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Experiences of staff-patient communication in stroke rehabilitation settings: patient, carer and healthcare professional perspectives.
IRAS ID
183197
Contact name
Louise/LC Clancy
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Staffordshire University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 4 days
Research summary
The prospective study aims to qualitatively explore the patient, carer and healthcare professional experiences of staff – patient communication during inpatient stroke rehabilitation with patients' with stroke related communication difficulties. This will be achieved via (separate) one hour focus groups or one to one interviews (if preferred by the participant) with patient and carer participants’, and one to one interviews with NHS staff working in an inpatient stroke rehabilitation setting. Semi-structured questions will be used to elicit participant experiences of facilitators and barriers to staff-patient communication and how communication can impact on engagement in stroke rehabilitation. Staff will be recruited from up to two NHS hospital sites, with patients and carers being recruited from the Stroke Association at a minimum of 6 months post stroke.
This study aims to extend current literature, firstly, by addressing the limited research including stroke patients with communication difficulties. Secondly, past research has generally focussed on nurse-patient interactions; this study will use experiences of a range of stroke rehabilitation staff highlighting the importance of all staff taking responsibility for engaging in effective staff-patient communication. Furthermore this research aims to address the gap in the exiting literature of research accounting for the experiences of staff-patient communication from the perspective of patients, carers and staff within the same study. Finally current literature is yet to provide specific insight into how communication within the stroke rehabilitation setting for stroke patients with aphasia specifically impacts on their engagement in rehab. These considerations must be addressed to optimise staff-patient interactions during stroke rehabilitation and improve patient, carer and staff experiences of stroke rehabilitation.
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