Korean J Rehabil Nurs.  2013 Jun;16(1):1-8.

The Effects of Individualized Education on Stroke Patients' Post-discharge Anxiety and Self-care Compliance

• Park HS
• Lee MH
• Ha JH

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to identify the effect of individualized education on stroke patients' post-discharge anxiety and self-care compliance.
METHODS
It was a pretest-posttest design with non-equivalent groups. A total of 32 hospitalized stroke patients in experimental group were given individualized education three times at one day before, the day of and one week after discharge. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test and chi2-test.
RESULTS
The scores of anxiety at posttest were 45.66+/-9.58 in control group and 35.44+/-8.21 in the experimental group. Self-compliance scores were 44.00+/-7.99 in control and 61.06+/-7.69 in the experimental group. These indicate that anxiety score is significantly lower (t=-4.58, p<.001), and self-compliance score is significantly higher (t=8.70, p<.001) in experimental group.
CONCLUSION
If stroke patients receive a relevant individualized education, it could help reduce their anxiety. Also it would be useful to maintain and improve their self-care compliance after discharge.

Keyword

Stroke; Anxiety; Self-care; Patient compliance; Patient education

MeSH Terms

Anxiety
Compliance
Humans
Patient Compliance
Patient Education as Topic
Self Care
Stroke