Value of continuous nursing on self-care ability in community patients with stroke

Objective: To explore the value of continuous nursing on the self-care ability of stroke patients in the community. Methods: A retrospective study of 60 rehabilitating stroke patients was conducted. The patients were admitted in our hospital and were divided into intervention group (receiving continuous nursing) and control group (receiving normal nursing) randomly. The upper and lower limb muscle strength, self-care ability, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Score, National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), Simplified Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) Score, and satisfaction of nursing were compared. Results: Before nursing, there were no significant differences in upper and lower limb muscle strength between the two groups (P>0.05). After nursing, the upper and lower limb muscle strength of the intervention group was significantly better (P<0.01). Before nursing, there was no significant difference in the self-care ability score of the two groups of patients (P>0.05). After nursing, the self-care ability score of the intervention group was higher than that of the control group (P<0.05). Before nursing, there were no significant differences in ADL, NIHSS and FMA scores between the two groups of patients (P>0.05). After nursing, the ADL, NIHSS and FMA scores of the intervention group were higher (P<0.05). The overall satisfaction of nursing was significantly higher in the intervention group (P<0.05). The incidences of complications were also lower in the intervention group (P<0.05). Conclusion: Continuous nursing is beneficial to the rehabilitation of stroke patients as it can effectively improve the psychological conditions of stroke patients. It is worthy of clinical application and promotion.