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COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION FOR STROKE SURVIVORS: INTEGRATIVE REVIEW

LIA LIKIER STEINBERG 1 ; CHENNYFER DOBBINS DA ROSA 2
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Introduction. Stroke is the main cause of disability in Brazil, but no consensus exists on cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation. This study evaluated results of Community-Based Rehabilitation for individuals with post stroke sequelae through an integrative review of the literature. Methods. We searched the main databases using the following Medical Subject Heading terms: “stroke”, “rehabilitation”, “economics”, and “primary healthcare”. A total of 15 international and 8 national publications were included. Results and conclusions.stThe results show that Community-Based Rehabilitation is beneficial in many countries in terms of functional improvement, satisfaction of caregivers, and equivalent or lower costs compared with the standard approach. Most of the few Brazilian studies found were observational. The main conclusion is that Community-Based Rehabilitation has good results in different countries, especially when it is integrated with Primary Healthcare.