Public Health Relevance

Family members are key component in stroke recovery; however, care partners frequently experience high levels of burden, including increased anxiety, depression and social isolation. To date, research has placed little emphasis on how to integrate the family into the rehabilitation process without increasing negative care partner outcomes. The proposed research will evaluate a novel, care partner focused intervention (CARE-CITE) designed to foster problem solving and skill building while facilitating care partner involvement in the application of constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT) for the upper extremity. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The overall significance of this research plan is to increase understanding and further development of interventions that may serve as models in rehabilitation to foster family involvement in the rehabilitation process and to promote more integrative therapy strategies throughout physical therapy practice.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
Project #
5K23HD080837-04
Application #
9481294
Study Section
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Initial Review Group (CHHD)
Program Officer
Quatrano, Louis A
Project Start
2015-06-22
Project End
2019-04-30
Budget Start
2018-05-01
Budget End
2019-04-30
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2018
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
Emory University
Department
Physical Medicine & Rehab
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
066469933
City
Atlanta
State
GA
Country
United States
Zip Code
30322
Blanton, Sarah; Dunbar, Sandra; Clark, Patricia C (2018) Content validity and satisfaction with a caregiver-integrated web-based rehabilitation intervention for persons with stroke. Top Stroke Rehabil 25:168-173