The Roles of Community Health Nurses in Stroke Prevention Based on Self-Management Concepts

Authors

  • Pattana Sattawatcharawanij Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Changwat Nonthaburi
  • Wadeerat Sriwongwan Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Changwat Nonthaburi
  • Nichamon Lumrod Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Changwat Nonthaburi
  • Kittikran Pandan Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Changwat Nonthaburi

Keywords:

Self-management, Stroke prevention, community health nurses

Abstract

Stroke is a major cause of mortality and lifelong disability. The important risk factors for the disease are inappropriate health behaviors such as lack of exercise, unhealthy diet, smoking and drinking, etc. These factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, and high cholesterol can lead to stroke. Stroke affects the quality of life of the patients including physical, mental, social, family and economic loss. Therefore, prevention of stroke is an important role of community health nurses. Self-management concepts can be applied to help the patients to change their behaviors. The process consists of 1. Setting goals 2. Data collection 3. Data processing and evaluation 4. Decision Making 5. Implementation and 6. Self-reflection. Community health nurses can apply these concepts to prevent the occurrence of stroke and to promote the quality of life of the patients and their families. These steps can also help develop their self-efficacy to manage the disease by adjusting their behaviors to be in accordance with their conditions of disease and satisfaction in daily life.

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17-12-2020

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Sattawatcharawanij P, Sriwongwan W, Lumrod N, Pandan K. The Roles of Community Health Nurses in Stroke Prevention Based on Self-Management Concepts. J Royal Thai Army Nurses [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 17 [cited 2024 Mar. 29];21(3):29-37. Available from: https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/JRTAN/article/view/240228

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