Have you worked with people with post-stroke aphasia who have return to work goals?

Medical professionals and health practitioners are invited to participate in a brief online survey about current clinical practice and views of professionals when working with individuals with post-stroke aphasia who have return to work goals.

The survey has been designed to align to your identified profession to minimise the time required for completion. When piloted the survey, it was completed in 10-15 minutes. Findings of this survey will contribute to our understanding of work-focussed rehabilitation and inform future projects to optimise meaningful work outcomes for people with aphasia.

For further information please click link or QR code below for the Patient Information Sheet, access to online consent and the online survey: https://uniofqueensland.syd1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d5dn6zgiFoWLYW2

You are welcome to forward this survey invitation to your colleagues and relevant networks. The survey has UQ HREC ethical approval no. 2024/HE001145.

Researchers:

Ms Penni Burfein^a,b, Dr Emmah Doig^b, Prof David Copland^a,b
aQueensland Aphasia Research Centre, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
^bSurgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance, The University of Queensland and Metro North Health, Brisbane, Australia.

Aims:

We want to understand more about:

• Current practices and views of professionals across the care continuum (from acute care to the community) when working with individuals with post-stroke aphasia who have return to work goals.

• Current practices and views of medical or authorized professionals to determine fitness or readiness for RTW.
• Clinicians’ perspectives regarding confidence, knowledge as well as barriers and facilitators when delivering vocationally focussed services (including RTW co-ordination or case management) to people with post-stroke aphasia.

Eligibility criteria:

To be eligible to participate in the study participants need to meet all four of the following criteria, by selecting each box that applies during the online consent process.

1. I am a qualified medical officer or health practitioner (speech pathologist, occupational therapist, clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, clinical linguist and/or return to work co-ordinator or counsellor).
2. I have experience working with people with post-stroke aphasia in the last five years who have identified return to work goals at any time on the care continuum (from acute to community services).
3. I work within a public, private, self-employed and/or research setting in a discipline specific or case management role.
4. I have sufficient English proficiency and technology skills to complete this written survey.

If you would like to discuss the study with a member of the research team, please contact p.burfein@uqconnect.edu.au or via phone on +617 3365 7595.

Thank you for considering supporting and participating in this research.

Sincerely,

Penni Burfein
B SpPath (CPSP)
PhD Candidate (University of Qld)