BACKGROUND The Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care suggest that (1) all patients with stroke should be screened for cognitive impairment and (2) persons who are detected as having cognitive impairment on a screening test should receive additional cognitive assessment. The purpose of this study is to determine whether care in an Ontario inpatient stroke rehabilitation facility...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE End-stage renal disease (ESRD) requiring hemodialysis carries up to a 10-fold greater risk of stroke than normal renal function. Knowledge on risk factors and management strategies derived from the general population may not be applicable to those with ESRD. We studied a large ESRD population to identify risk factors and outcomes for stroke. METHODS All adult patients r...

Background: Age is the most important prognostic factor in ischemic stroke. Thisstudy was carried out patients with stroke to describe association of age severity at presentation and three months.
 Materials Methods: The data, which were collected retrospectively from hospital records, we reanalyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26. divided into younger (≤...

objectives:  stroke is a major event in one's life, and patients will inevitably require the use of coping strategies in order to try to reestablish acceptable life equilibrium. due to the extensive role that nurses can be active members in the patient's rehabilitation plan, the mauk model is a model that focuses on stroke patients. for each stage of this model,  mauk has developed ap...

BackgroundThere is recent evidence supporting that a comprehensive post-stroke treatment program improves outcome. However, the prevalence of stroke-related health problems and extent needed interventions have not been well-delineated. The Struct-FU study aims to assess feasibility stroke follow-up model map subsequent multidisciplinary using modified Post-stroke Checklist (PSC).MethodsWe conse...

BACKGROUND Development of longer term stroke rehabilitation services is limited by lack of evidence of effectiveness for specific interventions and service models. We describe the protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled trial which is evaluating an extended stroke rehabilitation service. The extended service commences when routine 'organised stroke care' (stroke unit and early supporte...

Introduction: The impacts of new-onset constipation outcomes in stroke clients have remained unclear. It seems helpful to update the structure planning with nursing-led intervention.  Objective: The current study aimed to present a protocol and methods of Caspian Nursing Process Projects in new-onset constipation by nursing-led intervention considering the experts’ point of view. Materials an...