Effects of Two Home Ergonomics Programmes in Post-stroke Patients

Kokeellinen: Ergonomic adjustment group

Ergonomic intervention program at home for post-stroke patients. The ergonomic adjustments made were based on a prior assessment of the patient's needs in this respect, using a purpose-made home inspection form.

Muut: Ergonomic adjustments

The ergonomic adjustments made were based on a prior assessment of the patient's needs in this respect, using a purpose-made home inspection form .

Kokeellinen: Kinesiotherapy + ergonomics group

A Kinesiotherapy plus ergonomic adjustments program for post-stroke patients. This group received, in addition to the ergonomic adjustments described above, sessions of postural orientation and kinesiotherapy (therapeutic exercises).

Muut: Kinesiotherapy plus ergonomic adjustments

This group received, in addition to the ergonomic adjustments described above, sessions of postural orientation and kinesiotherapy (therapeutic exercises).

Active Comparator: Healthcare education

A conservative intervention program for post-stroke patients

Muut: Healthcare education

This group received health education information, based on an illustrated manual with advice for patients with chronic stroke.

Change from the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WhoQol-Bref) at 12 weeks

The quality of life is assessed on the WHOQoL-Bref scale, on a range from 0 to 100 points, where 100 is the highest level of quality of life. For each domain, with the exception of the first two questions, the quality of life was considered to be impaired when a score <70 points was assigned.

Change from the World Health Organization's Quality of Life Questionnaire (WhoQol-Bref) at 24 weeks

The quality of life is assessed on the WHOQoL-Bref scale, on a range from 0 to 100 points, where 100 is the highest level of quality of life. For each domain, with the exception of the first two questions, the quality of life was considered to be impaired when a score <70 points was assigned.

Change from the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) scale at 12 weeks

Functional capacity is measured using the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) scale, which consists of two parts. The Brazilian-language version of this scale allows each part to be used independently. Each item is scored according to a Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 2 points, where 0 indicates a total level of dependence for the performance of ADL, 1 point corresponds to partial independence, and 2 points represents a satisfactory level of independence. The scale consists of 15 items that evaluate activities such as using the telephone, transport, shopping, preparing and consuming food, cleaning and housework, administering medicines, financial affairs, dressing and undressing, personal hygiene and grooming, functional mobility, getting into and out of bed, bathing and mobility in the bathroom.

Change from the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) scale at 24 weeks

Functional capacity is measured using the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) scale, which consists of two parts. The Brazilian-language version of this scale allows each part to be used independently. Each item is scored according to a Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 2 points, where 0 indicates a total level of dependence for the performance of ADL, 1 point corresponds to partial independence, and 2 points represents a satisfactory level of independence. The scale consists of 15 items that evaluate activities such as using the telephone, transport, shopping, preparing and consuming food, cleaning and housework, administering medicines, financial affairs, dressing and undressing, personal hygiene and grooming, functional mobility, getting into and out of bed, bathing and mobility in the bathroom.