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Barriers associated with return to work after stroke

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dc.contributor.author Sharna, Sadia Afroz
dc.date.accessioned 2024-02-07T05:11:28Z
dc.date.available 2024-02-07T05:11:28Z
dc.date.issued 2023-09-15
dc.identifier.citation Includes Bibliographical References (57-60 p.) en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1013
dc.description This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. en_US
dc.description.abstract Purpose: The purpose of the study was to find out the barriers associated with return to work after stroke. Objectives: The objectives of this study were to explore prevalence of return to work after stroke. To evaluate the socio-demographic information of the persons with stroke and highlight the physical, social, environmental and cognitive barriers associated with return to work. And lastly synthesized the relationship between return to work and age, gender, type of stroke, time of rehabilitation, social/family support, cognitive state, social and environmental barriers and so on. Methodology: The study design was cross-sectional. Total 105 samples were selected for this study from Centre for the rehabilitation of the paralyzed (CRP), Neurology unit, at Savar and also community level in Dhaka city. Data was collected by using of questionnaire. The study was conducted by descriptive and inferential analysis through using SPSS software 25.0 version. Results: This study found the prevalence of return to work people after stroke which was 43.8%. The main barriers of return to work for the stroke survivors was physical barriers or personal barriers such as poor functional use of affected arm and leg and also difficulty with speech and toiletting. There had also a large number of barriers that have been identified including: Low energy (fatigue), poor memory, difficulty with vision, accessibility or transportational barriers, social participation barriers, environmental barrier. poor concentration, difficulty with hearing, difficulty with thinking skills etc. There was no association found between return to work with sociodemographic information and physical parameter related information such as age, sex, type of stroke, site of stroke, speech problem, co morbidities but a strong association found between return to work with use of assistive device and cognitive problem. Conclusion: An individual own view of their working ability and barriers were also connected to returning to work and should be taken into consideration. So every stroke patient should undergo a routine rehabilitation process to cope with these barriers. Key word: stroke, barriers, return to work. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh en_US
dc.subject Stroke en_US
dc.subject Barriers en_US
dc.title Barriers associated with return to work after stroke en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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