Accepted for/Published in: JMIR Formative Research
Date Submitted: Jan 9, 2024
Open Peer Review Period: Jan 9, 2024 - Mar 5, 2024
Date Accepted: Jul 3, 2024
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The internet-based intervention Strategies empowering activities in everyday life (SEE 1.0): A qualitative study of experiences in client with stroke
ABSTRACT
Background:
There is a need to develop stroke rehabilitation strategies to address specific needs people experience in the chronic phase. Digital solutions have been suggested to contribute to this requested development. Research on how internet-based interventions can empower people in the chronic phase after stroke to self-manage persistent consequences in everyday life is limited.
Objective:
This study aims to explore and describe how people with stroke experience the Strategies for Empowering Activities in Everyday Life (SEE) intervention process and whether participation in SEE has influenced their experience of everyday life.
Methods:
Individual interviews were carried out two times for each participant. Nine participants with stroke were included in the study—four women and five men aged 37-73 years. The data were analysed with a grounded theory approach.
Results:
Overall, the results showed that the relevance and readiness for going into the intervention differed between the participants. When SEE was relevant and adopted as expected, it provided the participant with an agency to drive their own change process of activities in everyday life to promote health.
Conclusions:
SEE has the potential to support clients' development of self-management to take an active role in influencing their engagement in activities in everyday life and health. This study identified improvements needed in the educational program for professionals to optimize delivery and strengthen the therapeutic mechanism of SEE for future research.
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