THE EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTION PACKAGE ON ADAPTATION RESPONSE AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR POST STROKE PATIENTS

Abstract

Disability after a stroke that lasts for a long time can reduce the patient's quality of life that interventions are needed to increase the adaptation response as a way to achieve an optimal quality of life. The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of the post-stroke educational intervention package on adaptive behavior and quality of life. The research design used a quasi-experimental design with pretest-posttest with the control group. The population was all post-stroke patients in Pekalongan Regency, Indonesia. Thirty-six research subjects were selected by consecutive sampling techniques and divided into two groups (18 subjects in the intervention group (received the educational intervention package) and 18 subjects in the control group. Next, two measurements were taken to determine the progress of the intervention results. The effectiveness of the educational package was measured with paired t-test. The results showed that the educational intervention package was proven to be effective in improving the response of physiological adaptation, psychosocial adaptation and quality of life for post-stroke patients. Post-stroke adaptation intervention package books train patients to be able to control stimuli, use adaptive coping and display adaptive behavior effective immediately after the patient has suffered from a stroke. The adaptive response shown by post-stroke patients is the key to achieving the patient's quality of life.