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Community-Based Secondary Stroke Prevention

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

The Community-Based Secondary Stroke Prevention program is an intervention to improve knowledge about stroke, improve self-health monitoring, and maintain behavioral changes for a healthy lifestyle to prevent stroke. Individuals with minor stroke often underestimate the long-term impact on their health; educational interventions can equip those at risk with knowledge and self-care strategies for secondary stroke prevention. This intervention program includes eight, once-weekly group educational sessions to improve participant awareness of health signals. The sessions include lectures, games, and exercises to promote group interaction and individual reflections. Program topics include goal setting, forming personal action plans, stroke risk factors and symptoms, self health monitoring skills, understanding medication, healthy eating, and regular exercise.

Goal / Mission

The goal of this program is to increase knowledge of stroke, encourage self-monitoring, and maintain healthy lifestyle changes to prevent secondary stroke.

Results / Accomplishments

When compared to a control group, participants in the intervention group had significant positive changes in knowledge of stroke warning signs (p < 0.001), treatment seeking response in case of a stroke (p < 0.001), medication compliance (p < 0.001), self blood pressure monitoring (p < 0.001), and dietary modification to reduce salt intake (p = 0.004). No significant improvement was found in exercise participation in the intervention group, but the control group had a significant decrease in exercise in the two months of follow-up.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Nursing
Primary Contact
Janet Sit
School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yuk Choi Road
HungHom, Kowloon
Hong Kong
China
+86-852-276-66549
hsjsit@inet.polyu.edu.hk
http://www.polyu.edu.hk/cpa/polyu/index.php
Topics
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Health / Older Adults
Organization(s)
Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Nursing
Source
Journal of Clinical Nursing
Date of publication
Feb 2007
Date of implementation
2004
Location
Hong Kong, China
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Target Audience
Adults
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