Nursing Intervention and Self-Care Ability of Stroke Survivors, Isfahan, Iran

There is limited data on identifying the factors affecting the perceived self-care ability of stroke survivor. Therefore, the current study was conducted to identify the impact of nursing intervention about selfefficacy on self-care ability. Materials and Methods: This clinical trial which includes three stages with a test plan before, immediately after and one month after stroke occurrence in Isfahan. Stroke survivors were selected by the simple continuous method and randomized in the intervention (5 groups with 5 cases with 6 sessions intervention) and control groups. Then, Mini-mental state examination and Barthel questionnaire were completed for both groups before, after intervention and one month after. then data were analyzed by Chi-square, t-test and Man-Whitney test in SPSS version 23. Results: Fifty stroke survivor equally divided into the intervention and control groups. The difference in mean scores of self-care before the intervention was not significantbetween two groups (52±6.6 intervention group vs. 53.8±5.5 control group, P = 0.30) but immediately (63.8±14.8 intervention group vs. 54.6±12.1 control group, p = 0.02) and 1 month after the intervention (90.4±16.1 intervention group vs. 59.2±13.9 control group, P<0.001) was significant. the mean scores of selfcare patients in the intervention group (52±6.6 before 63.8±14.8 after the intervention, 90.4±16.1 one month after, P <0.001) were statistically significant with each other in all intervals time. Conclusion: the deployment of self-efficacy intervention can improve self-care ability in stroke patients despite the various problems that patients are involved.