Recovery and wellbeing following stroke in Southeast Asia: ethnicity, affordances and the impact of community level factors

在全球范围内，中风是疾病负担的一个重要因素，在发展中国家，是死亡的主要原因。很少有文献记载患者在这些情况下如何在中风后的健康，生活质量以及身体和心理功能方面“做”。恢复被认为是遵循一个可预测的轨迹，由中风的严重程度，类型和位置。这没有考虑到背景因素，这些因素深刻地影响着人们在灾难性疾病后的适应、康复和生活。这项民族志研究阐明了环境启示（感知到的机会，可以塑造行动）塑造中风后的恢复和生活质量的方式。

Globally, stroke is a significant contributor to burden of disease and, in developing countries, is a leading cause of death. Little has been documented about how patients in these contexts ‘do’ in terms of wellbeing, quality of life, and physical and psychosocial functioning after stroke. Recovery is assumed to follow a predictable trajectory, determined by stroke severity, type and location. This does not take into account contextual factors, which profoundly shape how people adapt following, recover from and live with a catastrophic illness. This ethnographic research elucidates the ways in which contextual affordances (perceived opportunities that can shape action) shape recovery and quality of life following stroke.