Factors Affecting Compliance with Lifestyle Modifications among Patients Suffering from Recurrence of Cerebrovascular Stroke | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||
| Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 3, September 2019, Pages 1-21 PDF (666.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2019.46247 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Eman Ahmed Abdullah Aziz; Naglaa El Sayed Mahdy; Sara Fathi Mahmoud | ||
| Medical Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Ain Shams University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Compliance to life style modifications among patients suffering from recurrent cerebrovascular stroke is very important for preventing further potential complications as recurrence of cerebrovascular stroke and facilitating recovery for those patients. This study aimed to assess factors affecting compliance with life style modifications among patients suffering from recurrent cerebrovascular stroke. Design: A descriptive exploratory design. Setting: stroke out patients' clinic at Tanta University Hospitals/ Egypt. Subject: A purposive sample of 70 adult patients, with old cerebrovascular stroke. Tools: 1) Stroke patients' structured interview questionnaire. 2) Patients' compliance with life style modifications assessment tool. Results: 64.3% of the studied patients had unsatisfactory level of compliance with life style modifications as well as 64.3% had multiple factors affecting their compliance with life style modifications. Conclusion: There were many factors affecting compliance among patients with recurrence CVS; the most was therapy related factors, followed by patients' related factors and disease related factors. While, health care related factors was the least. Moreover, there was a significant relation between total level of patients' compliance and both of their residence place and type of stroke. Recommendation: Establishing cerebrovascular stroke counseling professional team to provide knowledge about recurrent cerebrovascular stroke and its associated life style modifications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| cerebrovascular stroke; Compliance; Life styles modifications | ||
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