Stroke
Conditions
Keywords
trunk impairment, diaphragmatic breathing, quality of life, respiration function
Brief summary
This study aimed to apply care for stroke survivors by establishing trustable professional activities competency indicators and a trunk control care module for rehabilitation ward nurses during our second year.
Detailed description
Thus, the purposes of this study were: (1) to evaluate the effect of a stepwise nurse-led bedside trunk control care module intervention on improving trunk control, respiratory function, and quality of life in patients with stroke and (2) to modify and confirm the milestones and trustable professional activities of competence in trunk impairment care for patients with stroke to provide evidence-based nursing education and cultivate new nurses' competence in trunk injury care in the future.
Interventions
OTHERTrunk Control Care Program
1. The intervention group underwent a 4-week bedside trunk control care module intervention based on routine care in a rehabilitation ward. 2. trunk control care module: combine the care strategies of "arm training, butterfly technique, shoulder control, diaphragmatic breathing" and "body awareness", practice twice a day, each time for 20-30 minutes, and can be adjusted according to the patient's condition.
Sponsors
Chung Shan Medical University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* (a) Patients hospitalized for stroke in rehabilitation or neurology wards, currently in stable condition; (b) Trunk Impairment Scale score below 21; (c) aged 20 or above; (d) patients willing to participate.
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with Trunk Impairment Scale score above 21, as this indicates that they can perform daily activities independently
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trunk function | Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention. | Trunk Impairment Scale is used to assess patients' trunk function. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postural control | Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention. | Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke is used to assess patients' postural. |
| Respiratory function | Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention. | Respiratory function was assessed by the technical staff in the rehabilitation ward. examination room |
| Body awareness | Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention. | Body Awareness Questionnaire is used to assess patients' body awareness. |
| stroke impact | Questionnaire were filled out three times, before the program intervention and at the two and fourth weeks following the intervention. | Stroke Impact Scale is used to assess patients' quality of life. |
Countries
Taiwan
Contacts
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORHsiang Chu Pai, PhD
Chung Shan Medical University
Outcome results
None listed