{"title":"Behavioural mapping of patients on a stroke unit.","authors":"N B Lincoln, R Gamlen, H Thomason","doi":"10.3109/03790798909166666","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Stroke patients were observed in hospital over 3 days and their behaviour recorded. Patients were observed to spend a high proportion of their time inactive and solitary. This occurred most frequently in the ward day-room and reception area. There was little variation throughout the day in the distribution of different behaviours. The results indicate that on a stroke unit, designed to provide intensive rehabilitation, patients spend much of their time in non-therapeutic activities.</p>","PeriodicalId":77547,"journal":{"name":"International disability studies","volume":"11 4","pages":"149-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/03790798909166666","citationCount":"52","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International disability studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/03790798909166666","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Stroke patients were observed in hospital over 3 days and their behaviour recorded. Patients were observed to spend a high proportion of their time inactive and solitary. This occurred most frequently in the ward day-room and reception area. There was little variation throughout the day in the distribution of different behaviours. The results indicate that on a stroke unit, designed to provide intensive rehabilitation, patients spend much of their time in non-therapeutic activities.