Educational Needs among Stroke Patients Admitted to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia: Preliminary Findings

Sowtali, Siti Noorkhairina; Harith, Sakinah

doi:10.17576/jskm-1201-2014-09

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“…In addition, carers play an important role in preserving stroke survivor's quality of life and ensuring rehabilitation gains in long term (Ganjiwale 2016). Improving knowledge among stroke survivors' carers will facilitate post-stroke recovery process; and among the most important educational needs are information about stroke complications, range of motion exercise, dietary intake and steps to modify health risk behaviour (Sowtali & Harith 2014). A local study reported that stroke carers' education needs were often unmet during the hospitalisation period of stroke patients due to multiple reasons (Nordin et al 2014).…”

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Outcome of Carer-Assisted Care for Stroke Survivors with Severe Disability: Preliminary Findings

AZNI¹,

Nordin²,

Harun³

et al. 2019

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Involvement of informal carer in post-stroke care is important to prevent development of secondary complications particularly among stroke survivors with severe disability. However, to date, evidence on the benefit of stroke care training and involving carer to assist in the care for this group of stroke survivors is still limited. In this study, we evaluated the outcome of a carer-assisted care program for stroke survivors with severe disability who live at home. Sixteen stroke survivors with severe disability and 16 primary carers participated in this pre-test post-test intervention study. Carers were trained using a stroke care module which was developed by a group of multidisciplinary researchers from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, prior to implementing the daily care for 8 weeks. Outcome of care on stroke survivors was assessed in term of change in disability level and quality of life using Modified Barthel Index (MBI) and EuroQol health-state measure (EQ-5D and EQ-VAS), respectively. While outcome of stroke care training on carer was determined using Modified Caregiver Strain Index (MCSI). Significant improvement is shown in the stroke survivors' EQ-VAS component of EuroQol health state measure (average increase by 12%, t = 2.86, p = 0.01) following the care. Although not statistically significant (t = 0.97; p = 0.35), the mean score of MCSI reduced by 14%. No significant change was found in the MBI of the stroke survivors at completion of the program. Carer-assisted care is useful in improving quality of life of stroke survivors and can potentially reduce stress level among carers. Larger study may assist in establishing these preliminary findings

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Outcome of Carer-Assisted Care for Stroke Survivors with Severe Disability: Preliminary Findings

AZNI¹,

Nordin²,

Harun³

et al. 2019

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Educational Needs among Stroke Patients Admitted to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia: Preliminary Findings

Abstract: ABSTRAK Kajian ini dijalankan untuk menentukan jenis keperluan pendidikan di kalangan pesakit strok di Hospital

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Outcome of Carer-Assisted Care for Stroke Survivors with Severe Disability: Preliminary Findings

Outcome of Carer-Assisted Care for Stroke Survivors with Severe Disability: Preliminary Findings

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