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Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark

Globally, there is a rise in incident cases of stroke, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to obesity-related and lifestyle risk factors, including health issues such as high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. Since the early 20th century, stroke mortality has declined due to...

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Autores principales: Lobo, Elton H., Abdelrazek, Mohamed, Grundy, John, Kensing, Finn, Livingston, Patricia M., Rasmussen, Lene J., Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful, Frølich, Anne
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.758808
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author Lobo, Elton H.
Abdelrazek, Mohamed
Grundy, John
Kensing, Finn
Livingston, Patricia M.
Rasmussen, Lene J.
Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful
Frølich, Anne
author_facet Lobo, Elton H.
Abdelrazek, Mohamed
Grundy, John
Kensing, Finn
Livingston, Patricia M.
Rasmussen, Lene J.
Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful
Frølich, Anne
author_sort Lobo, Elton H.
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description Globally, there is a rise in incident cases of stroke, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to obesity-related and lifestyle risk factors, including health issues such as high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. Since the early 20th century, stroke mortality has declined due to proper management of the risk factors and improved treatment practices. However, despite the decline in mortality, there is an increase in the levels of disability that requires long-term support. In countries such as Australia and Denmark, where most care is provided within the community; family members, generally spouses, assume the role of caregiver, with little to no preparation that affects the quality of care provided to the person living with stroke. While past research has highlighted aspects to improve caregiver preparedness of stroke and its impact on care; health planning, recovery, and public health policies rarely consider these factors, reducing engagement and increasing uncertainty. Hence, there is a need to focus on improving strategies during recovery to promote caregiver engagement. In this study, we, therefore, try to understand the needs of the caregiver in stroke that limit engagement, and processes employed in countries such as Australia and Denmark to provide care for the person with stroke. Based on our understanding of these factors, we highlight the potential opportunities and challenges to promote caregiving engagement in these countries.
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spelling pubmed-86610982021-12-11 Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark Lobo, Elton H. Abdelrazek, Mohamed Grundy, John Kensing, Finn Livingston, Patricia M. Rasmussen, Lene J. Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Frølich, Anne Front Public Health Public Health Globally, there is a rise in incident cases of stroke, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, due to obesity-related and lifestyle risk factors, including health issues such as high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension. Since the early 20th century, stroke mortality has declined due to proper management of the risk factors and improved treatment practices. However, despite the decline in mortality, there is an increase in the levels of disability that requires long-term support. In countries such as Australia and Denmark, where most care is provided within the community; family members, generally spouses, assume the role of caregiver, with little to no preparation that affects the quality of care provided to the person living with stroke. While past research has highlighted aspects to improve caregiver preparedness of stroke and its impact on care; health planning, recovery, and public health policies rarely consider these factors, reducing engagement and increasing uncertainty. Hence, there is a need to focus on improving strategies during recovery to promote caregiver engagement. In this study, we, therefore, try to understand the needs of the caregiver in stroke that limit engagement, and processes employed in countries such as Australia and Denmark to provide care for the person with stroke. Based on our understanding of these factors, we highlight the potential opportunities and challenges to promote caregiving engagement in these countries. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-11-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8661098/ /pubmed/34900907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.758808 Text en Copyright © 2021 Lobo, Abdelrazek, Grundy, Kensing, Livingston, Rasmussen, Islam and Frølich. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Abdelrazek, Mohamed
Grundy, John
Kensing, Finn
Livingston, Patricia M.
Rasmussen, Lene J.
Islam, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful
Frølich, Anne
Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark
title Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark
title_full Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark
title_fullStr Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark
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title_short Caregiver Engagement in Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges in Australia and Denmark
title_sort caregiver engagement in stroke care: opportunities and challenges in australia and denmark
topic Public Health
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661098/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.758808
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