Relationship of Functional Status and Hopelessness among Stroke Patients

Rihhadatul Aisy, Rihhadatul Aisy, Devi Darliana, Devi Darliana

2018

Abstract

Stroke might cause neurological deficit such as hemiparesis and hemiplegia which may affect a person’s functional status. Patient with stroke needs other’s assistance in meeting their daily needs, unable to carry out their functions and roles in the family and cannot work properly, causing anxiety, stress and depression and trigger feelings of hopelessness. The research aimed to identify relationship between functional status and hopelessness feeling in stroke patients. The type of the research was correlation study used cross sectional study design. The research was conducted on 110 patients with stroke by using purposive sampling method. Data collection was done by guided interview used Barthel Index and Beck Hopeless Scale questionnaires. The result of the research showed that majority of patient with stroke had moderate level dependence (49,1 %) and 37,3% had moderate level hopelessness. Spearman Rank test resulted correlation coefficient (r) 0,569 with p=0,00 (p<0,05). It means that there was a relationship between functional status and hopelessness in stroke patients. It is recommended for healthcare team to provide physical and psychological supports for patients to assist them in accepting their physical limitation and neurological deficit, so they could manage their lives optimally.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Aisy R. and Darliana D. (2018). Relationship of Functional Status and Hopelessness among Stroke Patients. In Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC, ISBN 978-989-758-413-8, pages 11-15. DOI: 10.5220/0008393900002442

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ainc18,
author={Rihhadatul Aisy and Devi Darliana},
title={Relationship of Functional Status and Hopelessness among Stroke Patients},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,},
year={2018},
pages={11-15},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008393900002442},
isbn={978-989-758-413-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the Aceh International Nursing Conference - Volume 1: AINC,
TI - Relationship of Functional Status and Hopelessness among Stroke Patients
SN - 978-989-758-413-8
AU - Aisy R.
AU - Darliana D.
PY - 2018
SP - 11
EP - 15
DO - 10.5220/0008393900002442