The effectiveness of interventions to support informal stroke carers: a systematic review.

Purpose: Stroke affects one in four adults in the UK, with over a third relying on informal carers. The burden of care can have detrimental effects on the mental and physical health of carers, which may impact the rehabilitative process. Despite this, interventions have focused on the physical demands of caregiving, prioritising the stroke survivor.

"I will try anything" the experience of working age stroke survivors living with chronic post-stroke pain: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Purpose: To investigate the experience of working age adults living with chronic post-stroke pain in the United Kingdom (UK).

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight working age (46-64 years) UK-based stroke survivors who experience chronic post-stroke pain (≥3 months). The interviews were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Perceived control as a predictor of medication adherence in people with Parkinson's: a large-scale cross-sectional study.

Purpose: Medication adherence is a multi-faceted construct associated with several positive consequences in people with chronic conditions. However, non-adherence currently represents a major issue in Parkinson's, potentially due to low perceptions of control. This study investigated the predictive ability of several aspects of perceived control on adherence in people with Parkinson's, while accounting for previously established predictors such as depression and medication variables.

Psychosocial interventions affecting global perceptions of control in people with Parkinson's disease: a scoping review.

Purpose: Perceived control is an important construct for the psychological well-being of people affected by chronic conditions, and higher perceived control is associated with better outcomes. Psychosocial interventions have been trialled in these populations to improve both global and specific perceptions of control. However, most interventions involving people with Parkinson's have focused on single-domain forms of control, while those addressing global perceived control are yet to be reviewed.

Selection and visualisation of outcome measures for complex post-acute acquired brain injury rehabilitation interventions.

Background: Outcome measurement challenges rehabilitation services to select tools that promote stakeholder engagement in measuring complex interventions.

Objectives: To examine the suitability of outcome measures for complex post-acute acquired brain injury (ABI) rehabilitation interventions, report outcomes of a holistic, neuropsychological ABI rehabilitation program and propose a simple way of visualizing complex outcomes.

Methods: Patient/carer reported outcome measures (PROMS), experience measures (PREMS) and staff-rated measures were collected for consecutive admissions over 1 year to an 18-week holistic, neuropsychological rehabilitation programme at baseline, 18 weeks and 3- and 6-month follow-up.