The six month post-stroke review for care home residents (Version 1)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Using a revised Greater Manchester Stroke Assessment Tool for the six month post-stroke review with care home residents: a research evaluation
IRAS ID
181082
Contact name
Catherine Perry
Contact email
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 11 months, 31 days
Research summary
The English National Stroke Strategy requires that stroke patients undergo regular reviews of their health and social care needs, specifying that stroke survivors living in their own home or a care home should have these needs assessed at six weeks and six months after discharge from hospital. To support the implementation of the six month review, the Greater Manchester Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC GM) devised the Greater Manchester Stroke Assessment Tool (GM-SAT). This tool has subsequently been revised, for use specifically with the care home population.
The aim of the study is to explore the usefulness, acceptability and feasibility of the revised GM-SAT for use with stroke survivors resident in care homes. This will encompass not only the content of the GM-SAT, but also the way in which it is delivered. It is a mixed methods study, quantifying the unmet needs identified at the six month post-stroke review in care home residents over a six month period, and exploring the experiences of service users and service providers of using the revised GM-SAT in care homes. There are three related elements to the study: the identification of unmet needs, which will be ascertained quantitatively using anonymised routinely collected reports from six month post-stroke reviews (reports will be obtained anonymised from stroke professionals, no access to medical records is required); the experience of service users of a six month review and the actions that the review prompts, which will be explored through qualitative interviews; and the experience of service providers of conducting six month post stroke reviews with care home residents, covering issues such as the value of the tool in service provision, the acceptability of the tool and the ease with which they were able to use it, which will also be explored through qualitative interviews.
REC name
North West - Preston Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/NW/0643
Date of REC Opinion
17 Sep 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion