Abstract Aims and Objectives To assess the effectiveness of educational interventions and
the relative effect of intervention duration on secondary prevention health behaviours in …

Facilitating successful care transitions across settings is a key nursing competency.
Although we have achieved improvements in acute stroke care, similar advances in stroke …

Purpose The Institute of Medicine (IOM) identified patient-centeredness as crucial to quality
health care. The IOM endorsed six patient-centeredness dimensions that stipulated that care …

Introduction Facilitating stroke survivors and their caregivers to lead a fulfilling life after
stroke requires service providers to think about their different needs. Poor post stroke care …

Background Research shows that stroke patients and their families are dissatisfied with the
information provided and have a poor understanding of stroke and associated issues …

Objectives To synthesise evidence on longer term unmet needs perceived by stroke
survivors, and psychometric properties of the tools used to evaluate unmet care needs after …

Background and purpose Interventions are needed to improve stroke literacy among recent
stroke survivors. We developed an educational video for patients hospitalized with acute …

Background—The burden of cardiovascular disease as a chronic illness increasingly
requires patients to assume more responsibility for their self-management. Patient education …

Objective Early supported discharge (ESD) after stroke has been shown to generate
significant cost savings and reduce both hospital length of stay, and long-term dependency …

Purpose: Most stroke survivors will be cared for at home by family caregivers with limited
training. Families actively involved in rehabilitation feel more prepared for the new …