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，中风是主要的死亡原因。很少有文献记载这些情况下的患者在中风后的幸福感、生活质量以及身体和心理社会功能方面做了些什么。恢复被认为遵循可预测的轨迹，由中风的严重程度、类型和位置决定。这没有考虑到背景因素，这些因素深刻地塑造了人们如何适应、从灾难性疾病中恢复并与之生活在一起。这项人种学研究阐明了背景负担(感知到的塑造行动的机会)如何塑造中风后的康复和生活质量。

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.