Carer of client with stroke: association to nursing diagnoses

Abstract

doi: 10.5216/ree.v12i3.6391

The study aimed to analyse the association of the carer’s presence to the clients with stroke and the nursing diagnoses for the Activity/ Exercise branch of the American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). A transversal study, developed upon 121 clients who attended one of the eight units in the Beneficent Association of Rehabilitation of Ceará, in Fortaleza City/Ceará, whose data collection occured within the period of November 2007 and March 2008. A form was used for the data collection through interviews and physical tests. To name the nursing diagnoses, the NANDA Taxonomy II was followed as reference. The level of significance adopted in the study was of 5%. As for the sociodemographic data, the majority of the participants studied belonged to the masculine gender, elderly, without partners, retired or pensioners with low education and income per capita. The majority of the clients had been assisted by a carer (88%). The presence of the carer had an impactant statistic association to the Sedentary lifestyle nursing diagnoses (p= 0.002), Risk for disuse syndrome (p= 0.02) and Impaired transfer ability (0.01). Once facing this circumstance, the nurse must to guide the carers about the adequate home assistance which the survivant stroke client must receive.

Descriptors: Stroke; Nursing diagnosis; Patient care.