TY - JOUR
T1 - A randomized trial of team care following stroke
AU - Wood-Dauphinee, Sharon
AU - Shapiro, Stanley
AU - Bass, Edward
AU - Fletcher, Claudette
AU - Georges, Pamela
AU - Hensby, Valerie
AU - Mendelsohn, Bernice
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - A randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of interdisciplinary team care on acute hospitalized stroke patients. After obtaining baseline information on 42 stroke victims receiving conventional care in a general hospital, 130 stroke patients were stratified and randomly assigned either to Traditional or Tea m care. Assessments by independent evalua tors permitted comparisons between Team and Traditional groups with reference to patient survival, motor performance and functional abilities. Data obtained prospectively from charts and treatment logs allowed the care process across groups to be compared. Results demonstrated that Team and Traditional patients fared similarly in survival. However there was an unexpected difference in survival depending upon sex. For motor performance, male survivors performed better with Team care and female survivors with the Traditional method. In terms of functional abilities, male patients receiving Team care again performed better than their Traditional counterparts, whereas in women there was no difference between the treatment groups.
AB - A randomized controlled trial was conducted to examine the effects of interdisciplinary team care on acute hospitalized stroke patients. After obtaining baseline information on 42 stroke victims receiving conventional care in a general hospital, 130 stroke patients were stratified and randomly assigned either to Traditional or Tea m care. Assessments by independent evalua tors permitted comparisons between Team and Traditional groups with reference to patient survival, motor performance and functional abilities. Data obtained prospectively from charts and treatment logs allowed the care process across groups to be compared. Results demonstrated that Team and Traditional patients fared similarly in survival. However there was an unexpected difference in survival depending upon sex. For motor performance, male survivors performed better with Team care and female survivors with the Traditional method. In terms of functional abilities, male patients receiving Team care again performed better than their Traditional counterparts, whereas in women there was no difference between the treatment groups.
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U2 - 10.1161/01.STR.15.5.864
DO - 10.1161/01.STR.15.5.864
M3 - Article
C2 - 6382700
AN - SCOPUS:0021146490
VL - 15
SP - 864
JO - Stroke
JF - Stroke
SN - 0039-2499
IS - 5
ER -