investigation of nursing intervention and rehabilitation programs on life quality of hospitalized patients with stroke

investigation of nursing intervention and rehabilitation   programs on life quality of hospitalized patients   with stroke     p. amini [1] , h. khalilzadeh [2] , m. hemmat [3] i, m. kohankari [4] , a. mirmohammadi [5] , a. hagshenas [6]   abstract:   introduction: cerebro vascular accident (stroke) is the primary neurologic problem in the world. it is the third ranking cause of death. stroke causes a wide variety of neurologic deficits in patients. nursing intervention along with rehabilitation care play important roles in recovery of patients. it is also rasied to decrease complications of stroke. therefore, we carried out a stu0dy titled on investigation of the nursing intervention and rehabilitation program on life quality of patient with stroke in urmia sity in 1384.   methods & materials: this study is an experimental study (before‑ after interventions), and was done on (n=20) hospitalized patients with stroke in neurologic ward of motahari hospital. we used simple random sampling method and data was gathered by quality of life questionnaire in four domains (physical, psychological, social function and general health) before and after intervention. analysis of the data was done by using t‑ test and pair t‑ test.   results: the findings indicated that mean score related to quality of life domains (physical function, cognitive and social function and general health) increased after nursing intervention and rehabilitation program (p=0/05) and also data before and after intervention showed significant increase. (p=0/05).   consultation: the data showed using nursing intervention and rehabilitation programs have positive effects on quality of life domain and these facilities should be provided for patients with stroke because patient and family education along with such programs help patients to become more independent in future.   key word: life quality, stroke   address: nursing and midwifery university, basij ave., urmia.   [1] instructor of nursing, urmia university of medical sciences   [2] instructor of nursing, urmia university of medical science s   [3] instructor of nursing, urmia university of medical sciences   [4] instructor of nursing, urmia university of medical sciences   [5] b.se of nursing   [6] m.d student