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Assessment of Care Provided by Family Caregivers for Post Stroke Patient at Home

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Background, Stroke is a scientific emergency, for people experiencing a stroke, the difference between recovery and disability or loss of life is measured in hours, rehabilitation clinician to be familiar with stroke, information a way to understand and manage the acute stroke further to having the cap ability to provide evaluation and personal own family members. The aim was to assess care provided by family caregivers for post stroke patient at home. Design: Descriptive research design was used. Setting: This study was conducted at the stroke neurological departments and the neurological outpatient clinic at Minia University Hospital. Sample: A purposive sample of 180 cases within six months (from first July to the end December 2020), it was completed with care givers at home visit evaluation patients and their family's caregivers. Tools: first tool included part 1: Socio-demographic characteristics and medical health history about patient, Part 2: The Barthel Index to assess degree of independence of the patient ,it is consist of three items .second tool included part 1: post stroke care checklists to assess (exercise, medications, preventing another stroke, pressure ulcer, mobility and rehabilitation) part 2: post stroke complications checklists to assess (pneumonia, urinary tract infection and Deep venous thrombosis) (DVT). Results: the most of study sample are married while two third of sample has insufficient incomes to their family, two third of post stroke patients of study are affected by pneumonia, and half of study sample are complained from hypertension. Less than half of study sample are independent for total Barthel Index. Conclusion: The current study concluded that less than half of post stroke patients were complained from hypertension, while less half of post stroke patient in the present study sample were independent for feeding, also more than half of post-stroke caregivers gave patient medications on time. The most of stroke patients was suffering from depression and two third have urinary tract infection, the half of study sample were independent for total Barthel Index in spite of there were two third of studied sample were satisfied for total post stroke care . Recommendation: the study recommended that; health education with the preventive information especially at the primary level about the stroke, develop a team of discharge plan to be responsible about providing the patients and their family caregivers with the knowledge and practice about post stroke care.

DOI

10.21608/msnj.2022.152320.1029

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family caregivers, Home care, post stroke

Authors

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Ahmed

Last Name

Abo El Hussien

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Omran

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B.Sc. Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University

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elbana.ahmedomran@gmail.com

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Yosria

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Hossien

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El- Sayed

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Professor of Community Health Nursing, Minia University

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Amal

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Mohammed

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Hashem

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Assistant Professor of Community Health, Faculty of Nursing, Minia University

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012

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1

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34686

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2022-12-01

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2022-07-25

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2022-12-30

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10

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19

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2537-012X

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2785-9797

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Minia Scientific Nursing Journal

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Assessment of Care Provided by Family Caregivers for Post Stroke Patient at Home

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23 Jan 2023