Virtual multidisciplinary stroke care clinic for community-dwelling stroke survivors: a randomised controlled trial (abridged secondary publication)
JPC Chau1, SHS Lo1, AYL Lau2, VWY Lee3, KC Choi1, EWC Shum4, SS Hung5, VCT Mok2, EKC Siow6, JYL Ching2, SKY Lam1
1 The Nethersole School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
3 Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
4 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong SAR, China
5 Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
6 Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore
- A virtual multidisciplinary stroke care clinic (VMSCC) service significantly improved participants’ self-efficacy, depressive level, and social participation, while reducing emergency admissions and lengths of hospital stay during readmission.
- Common challenges for stroke survivors accessing community rehabilitation services such as transportation limitations and scheduling conflicts were addressed by the flexible virtual delivery of the VMSCC service.
- The VMSCC service can serve as a model for post-discharge community care that offers a high level of support and reliable information to aid stroke survivors by promoting their recovery and adjustment to their altered roles and functions.