Aid on Spreadsheets

Participation in daily activities in everyday life after stroke - Developing and evaluating a model for a mobile phone supported and client-centred re

Stroke is a growing societal challenge and is the third leading cause of global disease-burden estimated using disability-adjusted life years (World Health Organisation) Rehabilitation after stroke is an area of mutual interest for health care in Uganda and Sweden. Within the healthcare sector there is a growing emphasis on Information Communication Technology (ICT) services to provide clients with easier access to information, self-evaluation, and self-management. ICT-supported programs among patients? home environment are also recommended when there are long distances to the health care specialists. This research project will enhance our understanding of how modern technology, i.e. mobile phones, can be integrated and used in a rehabilitation program aiming to provide better accessibility and affordability in order to facilitate functioning in activities of daily living (ADL) and social participation after stroke. This project will be conducted in Uganda and is built on an ongoing Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) evaluating a client-centered ADL-intervention for persons with stroke and their families in Sweden. The Medical Research Council guidelines for complex interventions will be used to identify the evidence base, to develop and modelling an intervention and evaluate the new model in a feasibility study conducted in African contexts by using a RCT design.

Project ID

SE-0-SE-29-2014-2863-285-12182

Activity status

2 - Implementation

Aid type

D02 - Other technical assistance

% to Uganda

100.00

Organisations

Funding

Sweden

Extending

The Swedish Research Council

Implementing

Karolinska Institutet

CRS code	%
Medical research (12182)	100.0