Abstract:
Background: Stroke is currently one of the greatest causes of disability and death in Bangladesh. A stroke can have consequences on the person’s activities of daily living (ADL) that were previously taken for granted in everyday life. Interventions enabling ADL and facilitating the person’s participation in activities with purpose and meaningful in everyday life so that patient’s involvement in the rehabilitation process is recommended. Occupational Therapist has an important role to engage Stroke patients in ADL group therapy as well as improving their physical and mental well -being by doing daily living activities independently.
Aim: To explore the Experience of Participating in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) group therapy among Stroke patients.
Methods: This study was conducted with the phenomenological approach of qualitative research design. Nine persons who were able to communicate their experience of participating in ADL group therapy among Stroke patients at CRP, Bangladesh. Both male and female participants were in this study who were participate in ADL group therapy. A face-to-face semi-structured interview guide was used to collect data from the participants. Data were analyzed by thematic analysis following Braun and Clarke's six steps.
Results: Five main themes have emerged from the data analysis including manners of participation in ADL group therapy, Elements that encourage to participate in ADL group therapy, Challenges regarding group therapy, learning by doing ADL group therapy, participants opinion about group therapy. The overall characteristic of the meaning of participation in ADL group therapy was beneficial which was expressed in the participants’ experiences of being able to see and follow their own rehabilitation process. The major finding was that participating in ADL group therapy was
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meaningful activities when the participants were saw and understand their improvement by doing ADL activities in the group.
Conclusions: After stroke, peoples were experiencing some restriction or hazard of participation in daily living activities. Participating in ADL group therapy that the person understands the importance of ADL group therapy and also encourage the person to increased participation and satisfaction by doing daily living activities. They had positive experiences about the group therapy, and felt that it was beneficial for their physical and psychosocial recovery after a stroke.
Keyword: Stroke, ADL performance, ADL group therapy
Description:
This dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Occupational therapy, Bangladesh Health Professions Institute, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
