Find out some study, which supports your thoughts. Write also down the headwords by which you found the proper study.
- Search Criteria – Google Scholar: “stroke rehabilitation motivation outcomes”
- Maclean, N. (2000). Qualitative analysis of stroke patients’ motivation for rehabilitation. BMJ, 321(7268), 1051–1054. doi:10.1136/bmj.321.7268.1051
The article demonstrates some differences in beliefs between stroke patients identified as having low or high motivation for rehabilitation. These beliefs seem to be influenced by the environment in which the patient is rehabilitated.
Patients with stroke identified as having high motivation for rehabilitation were found to align themselves more closely to the aims and methods of rehabilitation professionals, and were more likely to understand the nature and purpose of their rehabilitation, than those identified as having low motivation.
Information about rehabilitation, favourable comparisons with other stroke patients, and the desire to leave hospital were positive determinants of motivation; overprotection from family members and professionals, lack of information and the provision of mixed messages about rehabilitation to patients, and unfavourable comparisons with other patients were negative determinants of motivation.
Rehabilitation professionals and carers ought to be aware of the ways in which their behaviour affects motivation.
Jehanne Crouzier 