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    Stroke Rehabilitation Use and Caregiver Psychosocial Health Profiles in Singapore: A Latent Profile Transition Analysis.
    (Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 2021-04) Chong, Wayne FW; Ng, Leong Hwee; Ho, Ringo M-H; Koh, Gerald CH; Hoenig, Helen; Matchar, David B; Yap, Philip; Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy; Tan, Kelvin B; Ning, Chou; Menon, Edward; Chang, Hui Meng; De Silva, Deidre A; Lee, Kim En; Tan, Boon Yeow; Young, Sherry HY; Ng, Yee Sien; Tu, Tian Ming; Ang, Yan Hoon; Yeo, Tseng Tsai; Merchant, Reshma A; Kong, Keng He; Singh, Rajinder; Ng, Yu Li; Cheong, Angela

    Objectives

    To identify and describe caregiver profiles based on their psychosocial health characteristics over a 12-month period and transitions among these profiles, to determine if stroke rehabilitation use at 12 months post-stroke differed by caregiver profile transition patterns, and to investigate if caregiver profiles at 3 months post-stroke moderate the association of stroke rehabilitation use at 3 months and 12 months post-stroke after accounting for covariates.

    Design

    Latent profile transition analysis of caregiver psychosocial health with stroke rehabilitation use at 12 month post-stroke as outcome.

    Setting

    and Participants: A total of 149 stroke patient-caregiver dyads from the Singapore Stroke Study.

    Methods

    Cross-sectional latent profile analyses were conducted on caregiver psychosocial health indicators of burden, depression, health status, quality of relationship with patient, and social support. Changes in latent profile classification over 3 time points (baseline, 3 months, and 12 months post-stroke) were analyzed using latent transition analysis. A transition model with stroke rehabilitation use at 12 months post-stroke as the outcome was tested after accounting for covariates.

    Results

    Two distinct caregiver psychosocial health latent profiles were found across time: nondistressed and distressed. Most caregivers were classified as nondistressed and remained nondistressed over time. Distressed caregivers at baseline were 76% likely to become nondistressed at 12 month post-stroke. Regardless of profile transition patterns, nondistressed caregivers at 12 months post-stroke tended to have cared for stroke rehabilitation nonusers at 12 months post-stroke. Patient depression explained profile classification at 3 months and 12 months post-stroke. After accounting for covariates, rehabilitation users at 3 months post-stroke tended to continue using rehabilitation at 12 months post-stroke only when they had nondistressed caregivers at 3 months post-stroke.

    Conclusions and implications

    Whether caregiver adaptation explains the associations between the latent profile transition patterns and rehabilitation use at 12 months post-stroke should be examined. Early psychosocial health assessment and sustained support should be made available to stroke caregivers to enhance their well-being and subsequent patient rehabilitation participation.