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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
soc…
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.
