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A lifestyle intervention as supplement to a physical activity programme in rehabilitation after stroke: a randomized
A Lund1, M Michelet, L Sandvik
1Oslo University Hospital, Geriatric Medicine, Oslo, Norway. Anne.Lund@hioa.no
Objective:
To evaluate the effectiveness of lifestyle group intervention on well-being, occupation and social participation.
Design:
A randomized controlled trial.
Setting:
Senior centres in the community.
Subjects:
Of 204 stroke survivors screened, 99 (49%) were randomized three months after stroke whereby 86 (87%) participants (mean (SD) age 77.0 (7.1) years) completed all assessments (39 in the intervention group and 47 in the control group).
Intervention:
A lifestyle course in combination with physical activity (intervention group) compared with physical activity alone (control group). Both programmes were held once a week for nine months.
Main Outcome Measure:
The Short Form Questionnaire (SF-36), addressing well-being and social participation. Assessments were performed at baseline and at nine months follow-up.
Results:
We found no statistically significant differences between the groups at the nine months follow-up in the SF-36. Adjusted mean differences in change scores in the eight subscales of SF-36 were; 'mental health' (+1.8, 95% confidence interval (CI) -4.0, +7.6), 'vitality' (-3.0, 95% CI -9.6, +3.6), 'bodily pain' (+3.3, 95% CI -7.8, +14.4), 'general health' (-1.6, 95% CI -8.4, +5.1), 'social functioning' (-2.5, 95% CI -12.8, +7.8), 'physical functioning' (+1.0, 95% CI -6.7, +8.6), 'role physical' (-7.1, 95% CI -22.7, +8.4), 'role emotional' (+11.8, 95% CI -4.4, +28.0).
Conclusions:
Improvements were seen in both groups, but no statistically significant differences were found in the intervention group compared to controls. An intervention comprising regular group-based activity with peers may be sufficient in the long-term rehabilitation after stroke.
