The effects of time-use intervention on the quality of life of outpatients with chronic stroke.
JuHyung Park
PMID 30774203WHAT IT FOUND
Stroke outpatients who received weekly counselling to balance their daily routines reported better quality of life than those given usual therapy and free time.
The intervention helped them choose and track two new activities per week.
Key findings
01The experimental group showed statistically significant improvements in overall quality of life, as well as physical, psychological, and environmental domains, compared to the control group.
02Participants in the intervention group received weekly counselling on time management and motivation, in addition to standard outpatient occupational and physical therapy.
03The control group received the same standard outpatient occupational and physical therapy but spent their remaining time freely without the time-use counselling.
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What it does not show
The study included only 31 participants, which makes the results difficult to generalise to a wider population. The researchers could not control for all other factors that might have influenced the participants' quality of life during the study period.
Declared interests
None declared.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume the counselling alone caused the improvement. The experimental group received the time-use intervention in addition to their standard occupational and physical therapy, so the specific contribution of the counselling versus the combined therapy cannot be separated.