A descriptive study on the top five most common goals of patient with stroke towards rehabilitation at selected centers in Cavite (March 2006)

Date of Completion

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy

Keywords

Stroke, Rehabilitation Centers

Abstract

This study was done to determine the top five most common goals of patient with stroke towards rehabilitation. The study composed of 31 stroke patients treated as of March 2006 at selected centers at Cavite namely: Dr.Jose P. Rizal Medical Research Center (54.8%), General Emilio Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital (35. 5%), University Medical Center (3.2%) and St. Dominic Medical Center (3.2%). The subjects met the following criteria: post-stroke patient, willing to participate in the study, undergoing rehabilitation, alert, coherent, cooperative and communicative and able to respond appropriately to questions. The instrument used was a researcher made interview guide and patient's chart to determine the patients' goal. Majority of the subjects constituted 58-65 years of age (20.2%), mostly female (64.5%), married (93.5%), high school graduate (51.5%), right handed (93.5%), unemployed (48.4%), left-sided affectation (51.6%) and are 1-9 months post stroke patients (80.7%). Result showed that majority of the top five most common goals of patients with stroke are the following: (1) to improve ambulation (90%), (2) to improve joint range of motion (72%), (3) to become independent in activities of daily living (52%), (4) to improve or regain body strength (45.2%), (5) and to return to work (32%). The researcher concluded that majority of the goals of patients with stroke were concerned more on improving their physical aspect rather than psychosocial because functional limitations brings about psychosocial issue among stroke patient.

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