Feasibility of a mental practice intervention in stroke patients in nursing homes; a process evaluation

BMC Neurology

Table 2 Overview of the mandatory part of the mental practice framework; guided (left) and unguided imagery (right).

Home A, B, C and patient number	Data on guided imagery (total within therapy during six weeks intervention period)						Data on unguided imagery (total outside of therapy time over six weeks intervention period)					Both mandatory parts received (yes/no)
	Total number of treatments	Treatments Step 1	Treatments step 2	Treatments step 3	Treatments step 4	Mandatory part of guided MP (yes/no)	Total number of logs (max. 6)	Amount days practiced (max. 42)	Number MP sessions	Total amount minutes practiced	Mandatory part of unguided MP (yes/no)
A -101	24	4	15	4	1	Yes	6	35	95	683	Yes	Yes
A -105	35	2	18	15	0	Yes	1	4	10	100	Yes	Yes
A -106	19	2	13	4	0	Yes	6	23	23	940	Yes	Yes
A -109	33	4	29	0	0	Yes	6	33	136	1751	Yes	Yes
A -110	27	4	23	0	0	Yes	0	0	0	0	No	No
A -113	10	4	6	0	0	No	6	37	49	284	Yes	No
A -114	48	6	12	30	0	Yes	5	25	47	530	Yes	Yes
A -118	30	2	13	15	0	Yes	4	18	47	820	Yes	Yes
B -201	35	3	13	18	1	Yes	6	41	121	1098	Yes	Yes
B -206	18	6	6	6	0	Yes	0	0	0	0	No	No
B -207	19	6	2	11	0	Yes	6	37	94	1060	Yes	Yes
B -210	17	3	9	4	1	Yes	3	10	14	120	Yes	Yes
B -211	16	5	3	8	0	Yes	5	17	20	162	Yes	Yes
C -302	15	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	0	0	No	No
C -304	15	?	?	?	?	?	0	0	0	0	No	No
C -306	30	4	4	22	0	Yes	4	5	7	70	Yes	Yes
Total	386	55	166	137	3	14	58	285	663	7618	16	16
Average	24 SD 9.8					13 out of 14 (93%)	5	24	55 SD 45	635 SD 522	12 out of 16 (75%)	11 out of 16 (69%)

Left: the number of treatments per patient and per step in the protocol. Right: the number of logs used by the individual patients and number of days practiced outside of therapy during the six weeks of the intervention. The amount of sessions of unguided therapy and the amount of time spend on mental practice outside of therapy was recorded in minutes
? = no data available

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