The use of eHealth in rehabilitation after stroke

Wentink, M.M. (2019)

Doctoral Thesis

This thesis focused on the evaluation of an eHealth intervention for cognitive stroke rehabilitation and the perspectives of different stakeholders on the uptake of eRehabilitation in general. The studies included in this thesis showed that there was no overall effect of an online brain training programme on cognitive functioning of patients with stroke. Only performances on cognitive function tests that were similar to the games included in the
intervention improved, no near transfer effect was found. Moreover, usage of the training was suboptimal and not all of the patients were able to complete it. It would appear important to support stroke patients with CBCR training, since training is not well used by all patients. However, regarding patients’ ICT readiness, wishes and requirements it was also found that a relatively large amount of patients in rehabilitation wish to incorporate ICT in their rehabilitation treatment.
In addition, developing tailored implementation strategies to implement eHealth in the bachelor curriculum of health professionals, based on the identified barriers and facilitators in this thesis is highly relevant to make sure that future health professionals are able to work with eHealth.

• Rehabilitation
• Stroke
• CVA
• eHealth
• ICT
• Cognition
• Education
• Co-design
• Technology
• Adherence

• All authors: Wentink, M.M.
• Supervisor: Vliet Vlieland, T.P.M.
• Co-supervisor: Meesters, J.J.L.; Kloet, A.J. de
• Committee: Evers, A.W.M.; Verhoef, J.; Visser-Meily, J.M.A.
• Qualification: Doctor (dr.)
• Awarding Institution: Leiden University of Medical Center [LUMC], Leiden University
• Date: 2019-10-15
• ISBN (print): 9789463755078
• Sponsorship: Revalidatiefonds Nederlands, Fonds NutsOhra, Nationaal Regieorgaan Praktijkgericht onderzoek SIA.