Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii

Abstract

4/2023 vol. 32
Case report

Activities of daily living training in a stroke patient based on applied behaviour analysis

  1. Saint John Paul II Special Education Centre in Dlugoborz, Poland
Adv Psychiatry Neurol 2023; 32 (4): 234–241
Online publish date: 2024/01/19
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Purpose

Description of the behavioural therapy of a patient after a subarachnoid haemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery with an intracerebral haemorrhage, after aneurysm embolisation and left craniotomy, and after an ische mic cerebral stroke.

Case description

The author presents behavioural therapy techniques used in patient rehabilitation in all areas requiring improvement in the daily functioning of a disabled person. The course of selected therapeutic interventions is analysed and the effects of the interventions are assessed. The presented case is an example of successful behavioural therapeutic intervention that led to changes compared to the initial functional state of the organism. Thanks to the use of behavioural techniques, independent multi-profile patient functioning was achieved. Given the limited availability of health services, the focus on the therapy on evidence-based teaching makes them intrinsic to the patient’s success.

Comment

The presented phases of therapy fully reflect the effective modification of behaviour patterns in a person after a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage from a ruptured aneurysm in the anterior communicating artery with an intracerebral haemorrhage, after aneurysm embolisation and left craniotomy, and after an ischemic cerebral stroke. The outcome of the applied behaviour approach seems to be significant enough to encourage the further development of the therapy for stroke patients regardless of the type of neurological disorders, functional difficulties, and age.

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