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Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for stroke. Increasing patient knowledge and cognition about stroke among hypertensive patients is essential. Aims: To explore the effect of a health education intervention on the knowledge and cognition of stroke in hypertensive patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used with 103 patients with hypertension. The sample was recruited from a cardiologist's outpatient office at a medical center in Kaohsiung city, southern Taiwan. Half the patients (experimental group, n = 52) received health education, whereas the others received only conventional general outpatient care (control group, n = 51). All patients underwent a pretest followed by posttests at 4 and 8 weeks after the intervention. A stroke knowledge scale and stroke cognition scale were used for data collection. Results: The experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group in level of knowledge and cognition of stroke. Discussion: This study supports that a health education CD-ROM and printed information provided in the outpatient clinical improves knowledge of and cognition of stroke among hypertensive patients. Implications for Practice: In outpatient clinical practice, nurses can help improve patients' knowledge and cognition of the risks of stroke by playing the health education CD-ROM and providing printed information during the patients' wait time before appointments. Conclusions: Further studies with a longer follow-up (6 months or 1 year) are needed to evaluate the long-term effects of health education on stroke knowledge and cognition among patients with hypertension. Linking Evidence to Action: An outpatient health education program using a CD-ROM and printed information for hypertensive patients can improve the patients' knowledge and cognition of stroke.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 116-125 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 Apr 1 |
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The effect of health education on taiwanese hypertensive patients' knowledge and cognition of stroke. / Tang, Yu Hsuan; Hung, Chich Hsiu; Chen, Hsing-Mei; Lin, Tsung Hsien; Liu, Yi.
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T1 - The effect of health education on taiwanese hypertensive patients' knowledge and cognition of stroke
AU - Tang, Yu Hsuan
AU - Hung, Chich Hsiu
AU - Chen, Hsing-Mei
AU - Lin, Tsung Hsien
AU - Liu, Yi
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for stroke. Increasing patient knowledge and cognition about stroke among hypertensive patients is essential. Aims: To explore the effect of a health education intervention on the knowledge and cognition of stroke in hypertensive patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used with 103 patients with hypertension. The sample was recruited from a cardiologist's outpatient office at a medical center in Kaohsiung city, southern Taiwan. Half the patients (experimental group, n = 52) received health education, whereas the others received only conventional general outpatient care (control group, n = 51). All patients underwent a pretest followed by posttests at 4 and 8 weeks after the intervention. A stroke knowledge scale and stroke cognition scale were used for data collection. Results: The experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group in level of knowledge and cognition of stroke. Discussion: This study supports that a health education CD-ROM and printed information provided in the outpatient clinical improves knowledge of and cognition of stroke among hypertensive patients. Implications for Practice: In outpatient clinical practice, nurses can help improve patients' knowledge and cognition of the risks of stroke by playing the health education CD-ROM and providing printed information during the patients' wait time before appointments. Conclusions: Further studies with a longer follow-up (6 months or 1 year) are needed to evaluate the long-term effects of health education on stroke knowledge and cognition among patients with hypertension. Linking Evidence to Action: An outpatient health education program using a CD-ROM and printed information for hypertensive patients can improve the patients' knowledge and cognition of stroke.
AB - Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for stroke. Increasing patient knowledge and cognition about stroke among hypertensive patients is essential. Aims: To explore the effect of a health education intervention on the knowledge and cognition of stroke in hypertensive patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was used with 103 patients with hypertension. The sample was recruited from a cardiologist's outpatient office at a medical center in Kaohsiung city, southern Taiwan. Half the patients (experimental group, n = 52) received health education, whereas the others received only conventional general outpatient care (control group, n = 51). All patients underwent a pretest followed by posttests at 4 and 8 weeks after the intervention. A stroke knowledge scale and stroke cognition scale were used for data collection. Results: The experimental group scored significantly higher than the control group in level of knowledge and cognition of stroke. Discussion: This study supports that a health education CD-ROM and printed information provided in the outpatient clinical improves knowledge of and cognition of stroke among hypertensive patients. Implications for Practice: In outpatient clinical practice, nurses can help improve patients' knowledge and cognition of the risks of stroke by playing the health education CD-ROM and providing printed information during the patients' wait time before appointments. Conclusions: Further studies with a longer follow-up (6 months or 1 year) are needed to evaluate the long-term effects of health education on stroke knowledge and cognition among patients with hypertension. Linking Evidence to Action: An outpatient health education program using a CD-ROM and printed information for hypertensive patients can improve the patients' knowledge and cognition of stroke.
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U2 - 10.1111/wvn.12083
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JO - Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
JF - Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing
SN - 1545-102X
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