Effect of health empowerment intervention for stroke self-management on behaviour and health in stroke rehabilitation patients
JWH Sit1, SY Chair1, CWH Chan Yip1, KC Choi1, DTF Lee1, KP Leung2, SW Tang2, PS Chan2
1 The Nethersole School of Nursing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2 Department of Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
 
 
1. Implementation of patient empowerment intervention has potential influence on self-efficacy in illness management, favouring self-management behavioural outcomes and enhancement of functional recovery in post-stroke patients.
2. The health empowerment intervention for stroke self-management can be conducted in parallel with the existing ambulatory stroke rehabilitation services and gave added value in sustaining stroke self-management and functional improvement in the longer term.