A quasi‐experimental study on a community‐based stroke prevention programme for clients with minor stroke

Abstract

Effective educational intervention by professional nurses helped clients integrate their learned knowledge into their real-life practice. This empowering, that is, the taking of responsibility by clients for their own self-care management on a daily basis, affirms that patient education has moved beyond teaching people facts.

The Lifestyle Modification Coaching Program for Secondary Stroke Prevention

“…www.kan.or.kr (Byers, Lamanna, & Rosenberg, 2010;Sit, Yip, Ko, Gun, & Lee, 2007). 그러나 국내에서 실시된 연구들은 주로 조사연구 이며, 실시된 몇 편의 중재연구에서는 (Bak, 2003;Kim & Park, 2011 연구 결과 …”

Fifteen-Month Lifestyle Intervention Program to Improve Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Community Population in Japan

“…First, included subjects aged over 65 yr accounted for 49.7%, and the mean age was 62 yr (range: 40 to 72 yr) at 15 months; these are higher than those of other studies (Appel et al 1997(Appel et al , 2003Mosca et al 2000;Pazoki et al 2007). Lifestyle changes, especially increasing physical activity, might be difficult for aged subjects (Sit et al 2007). For example, the present program recommended a goal to increase the number of walking steps to 10,000 steps per day, but the number of subjects who accomplished this goal increased by only 6.5% in males and 3.8% in females at 15 months.…”

Stroke Knowledge in an Irish Semi-Rural Community-Dwelling Cohort and Impact of a Brief Education Session

“…36 The uptake to attendance at the education session in this study was only 40% (47/117), compared with 72%-83% in previous similar studies. 20,22,37 However, the participants in 2 of those previous studies were stroke survivors, 20,37 and in one study the group received education in the hospital environment. 20 Both of these factors increase the potential for selection bias, and thus the results and response rates must be interpreted with caution.…”