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Abstract- Objective:this study aimed to assess of self-care activities among stroke patients’ and to find out the relationship between self-care activities and their demographic and clinicaldatasuch as age, gender, level of education and socioeconomic status. Methodology: Descriptive correlation design (Quantitative) was adopted in the current study to achieve the early stated objectives.The study was carried out from November, 1st, 2015 to June, 26th, 2016 in Al Najaf city.A (Purposive Sample) of (100) adult patient with stroke who attending the outpatients in the consultation unit either for consultations, treatment, or both.Data collection was done by applying of the developed questionnaire consist of three parts, part I consists of Socio- demographic characteristics contain (7) items, part II consists of Medical History contain (2) items, and part III consists of Self- Care Activities for Patient with stroke contain (6) domains, Data collected by direct interview method with stroke patients’.Reliability of the questionnaire was determined through pilot study and validity determined through a panel of experts consists of (20) experts.Data was analyzed by usingdescriptive data analysis includes (Frequencies, Percentages, and Mean of scores), Cutoff point (0.66), and statistical figures (Bar charts, Pie Charts and Histogram) and Pearson's Correlation Coefficients (Reliability), and Inferential Data Analysis include Chi-Square to test independency distribution of observed frequencies. Results: The result of the study present that the self-care activities are interdependent andthere is a significant association between the patients' self-care activities with their age, gender, marital status before stroke, and occupational status after stroke,while there is high significant relationship between the patients' self-care activities occupational status before stroke.While there is a non-significant difference between self- care activities and their clinical data in all items except there is only a significant difference in duration of smoking. Conclusion: The study concludes that most patients with stroke need assistance in their daily self-care activities. Recommendation: The study recommends implementing a routine of self-care to manage stroke patients and to direct the patients by the nurses to be independent when they perform their self-care activities, a health education programs should be designed and implemented for nurses to increase and improve their abilities in managing stroke patients.largechanges in ways of living for those who stay a life after stroke(1).Stroke usually happens among old age people, and between all the neurologic diseases of adult life stroke ranks first in frequency and importance (2, 3). The rate of people who need aid in everyday life has extremelyenlarged and for the next ten years the number will be increased due to factors that are related to the population.The outcome of this has long effect on people e.g. difficult communication and decrease movement and life task(4). The inability level is different between patients depending on classification of stroke complain, the brain side affected, and the damaged area extent(5) Although remarkable improvement has been done in the treatment of stroke and nearly all after stroke management will persist to depend on recovery implications(6). Rehabilitation for stroke patients emphasized on self-care activities and can discharge from hospital to home with no efforts for preparation to work rehabilitation or society involvement(7). Self-care is wide-ranging; it indicates person accountabilities for healthy lifestyle activities needed for their improvement and activities such as dealing with health circumstances(8). The conception of self-care is correlated with independence, self- rule and personal tasks for healthy performance, as well as for the improvement of actions needed to observe and control health cases (7). In Iraq, stroke is increasing as a health problem. The number of patients who are admitted to Iraqi hospitals in 2013 was 23442 and this number increased in 2014 to 28876 patients. In Al-Najaf City, the numbers of patients who were admitted to the Al-Najaf hospitals in 2013 was 1263 and this number increased in 2014 to 1264 patients (8,9). Objectives of the study: This study aimed to assess of self-care activities among stroke patients’ and to find out the relationship between self-care activities and their demographic and clinical data such as age, gender, level of education and socioeconomic status.