References
- Mackay J, Mensah G (editors). The atlas of heart disease and stroke. Global burden of stroke World Health Organization (WHO); 2004; [cited 2015 Jan 11]. Available from: www.who.int/cardiovascular_diseases/en/cvd_atlas_15_burden_stroke.pdf.
- Post-Stroke Rehabilitation, American Stroke Association, 2013; [cited 2015 Mar 19]. Available from: http://www.strokeassociation.org/STROKEORG/LifeAfterStroke/RegainingIndependence/PhysicalChallenges/Post-Stroke-Rehabilitation_UCM_310447_Article.jsp.
- Tamiya N, Noguchi H, Nishi A, et al. Population ageing and wellbeing: lessons from Japan's long-term care insurance policy. Lancet. 2011;378:1183–1192.
- Tsutsui T, Muramatsu N. Care-needs certification in the long-term care insurance system of Japan. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53:522–527.
- Campbell JC, Ikegami N. Long-term care insurance comes to Japan. Health Aff (Millwood). 2000;19:26–39.
- Campbell JC, Ikegami N. Japan's radical reform of long-term care. Soc Pol Admin 2003;37:21–34.
- Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Act for Partial Revision of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act, Etc., in order to Strengthen Long-Term Care Service Infrastructure; 2014 Nov 20; [cited 2015 Mar 02]. Available from: http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/policy/care-welfare/care-welfare-elderly/dl/en_tp01.pdf.
- World Health Organisation (WHO). Avoiding heart attacks and strokes – Don't be a victim – Protect yourself. 2005; p. 20; [cited 2015 Jan 11]. Available from: http://www.world-heart-federation.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/publications-avoiding-english.pdf.
- De Wit L, Putman K, Lincoln N, et al. Stroke rehabilitation in Europe: what do physiotherapists and occupational therapists actually do? Stroke. 2006;37:1483–1489.
- Lui M, Mackenzie A. Chinese elderly patients' perceptions of their rehabilitation needs following a stroke. J Adv Nurs. 1999;30:391–400.
- Talbot LR, Viscogliosi C, Desrosiers J, et al. Identification of rehabilitation needs after a stroke: an exploratory study. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2004;2:53. doi: 10.1186/1477-7525-2-53.
- Simeone S, Savini S, Cohen MZ, et al. The experience of stroke survivors three months after being discharged home: a phenomenological investigation. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2015;14:162–169.
- Horne J, Lincoln NB, Preston J, et al. What does confidence mean to people who have had a stroke? A qualitative interview study. Clin Rehabil. 2014;28:1125–1135.
- Thomas SP, Pollio HR. Listening to patients – a phenomenological approach to nursing research and practice. New York: Springer Publishing Company; 2002.
- Cohen MZ, Kahn DL, Steeves RH. Hermeneutic phenomenological research: a practical guide for nurse researchers (Methods in nursing research). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications Inc.; 2000.
- Lincoln YS, Guba EG. Naturalistic inquiry. New York: Sage; 1985. [10.1016/0147-1767(85)90062-8]
- Guba EG, Lincoln YS. Fourth generation evaluation. New York: Sage; 1989.
- Matsudaira T, Fukuhara T, Kitamura T. Factor structure of the Japanese Interpersonal Competence Scale. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2008;62:142–151.
- Doi T. Japanese language as an expression of Japanese psychology. Western Speech. 1956;20:90–96.
- Wyller T, Kirkevold M. How does a cerebral stroke affect quality of life? Towards an adequate theoretical account. Disabil Rehabil. 1999;21:152–161.
- Secrest J, Thomas S. Continuity and discontinuity: the quality of life following stroke. Rehabil Nurs. 1999;24:240–246.
- Hilton EL. The meaning of stroke in elderly women: a phenomenological investigation. J Gerontol Nurs. 2002;28:19–26.
- Murray C. The meaning and experience of being a stroke survivor: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. Disabil Rehabil. 2004;26:808–816.
- Rittman M, Faircloth C, Boylstein C, et al. The experience of time in the transition from hospital to home following stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2004;41:259–268.
- Pilkington FB. A qualitative study of life after stroke. J Neurosci Nurs. 1999;31:336–347.
- Lynch EB, Butt Z, Heinemann A, et al. A qualitative study of quality of life after stroke: the importance of social relationships. J Rehabil Med. 2008;40:518–523.
- McKevitt C, Redfern J, Mold J, et al. Qualitative studies of stroke: a systematic review. Stroke. 2004;35:1499–1505.
- O’Connell B, Hanna B, Penney W, et al. Recovery after stroke: a qualitative perspective. J Quality Clinical Pract. 2001;21:120–125.
- Pound P, Gompertz P. A patient-centred study of the consequences of stroke. Clin Rehabil. 1998;12:338–347.
- Mumma C. Perceived losses following stroke. Rehabil Nurs. 1986;11:19–24.
- Grant JS. Home care problems experienced by stroke survivors and their family caregivers. Home Healthc Nurs. 1996;14:892–902.
- Ellis-Hill C, Payne S, Ward C. Self-body split: issues of identity in physical recovery after stroke. Disabil Rehabil. 2000;22:725–733.
- Eaves YD. 'What happened to me': rural African American elders' experiences of stroke. J Neurosci Nurs. 2000;32:37–48.
- Kvigne K, Kirkevold M. Living with bodily strangeness: women's experiences of their changing and unpredictable body following a stroke. Qual Health Res. 2003;13:1291–1310.
- Maclean N, Pound P, Wolfe C, et al. Qualitative analysis of stroke patients' motivation for rehabilitation. BMJ. 2000;321:1051–1054.
- Pound P, Gompertz P, Ebrahim S. Social and practical strategies described by people living at home with stroke. Health Soc Care Community. 1999;7:120–128.
- Triandis HC. Individualism and collectivism (new directions in social psychology). Boulder: Westview Press; 1995.
- Smith HW, Nomi T. Is amae the key to understanding Japanese culture? Electron J Sociol. 2000.
- Doi T. The anatomy of dependence: the key analysis of Japanese behavior. Tokyo: Kodansha International; 1981; 2. [English trans: John Bester].
- Doi T. “AMAE”: a key concept for understanding Japanese personality structure. In: Smith RJ, Beardsley RK, editors. Japanese culture – its development and characteristics. Chicago: Aldine Publishing Company; 1962. p. 132–139.