PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Neurol.
Sec. Stroke
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fneur.2025.1610393
This article is part of the Research TopicRedefining Stroke Recovery: Current Trends and Recent AdvancesView all 4 articles
Enhancing Patient-Reported Outcomes in Stroke Care: A Path to Improved Well-Being
Provisionally accepted
- 1Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
- 2Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic, CLEVELAND, United States
- 3Department of Quantitative Health Science, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) present a valuable opportunity to enhance stroke care by capturing symptoms and experiences often missed by traditional outcome measures like the modified Rankin Scale. Despite similar clinician-reported scores, stroke survivors frequently experience varied symptoms across physical, emotional, and social domains that significantly impact their well-being. This commentary examines the evolving role of PROs in stroke care, highlighting their potential to guide personalized treatment strategies. We present cases demonstrating how PROs reveal meaningful clinical differences among seemingly similar patients and discuss implementation challenges in clinical practice. While barriers exist, including time constraints and the complexity of post-stroke symptoms, solutions such as specialized recovery clinics and digital health programs could help bridge the gap between identifying patient needs and delivering targeted interventions. As stroke care evolves, incorporating PROs may unlock new opportunities for improving outcomes by addressing the comprehensive needs of stroke survivors throughout their recovery journey.ua
Keywords: Stroke, Recovery, patient-reported outcomes, Quality of Life, intervention - behavioral
Received: 11 Apr 2025; Accepted: 28 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Katzan, Thompson, Uchino and Lapin. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Irene L Katzan, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, United States
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