The Medical Education and Rehabilitation of Patients with Ischaemic Stroke

Abstract

According to statistics, the incidence of ischaemic stroke is rising worldwide and it represents one of the main causes of infirmity and disability. Studies conducted in recent years argue that due to the evolution of the health system, the reorientation of medical education towards community health represents an alignment of the medical training centres with the needs of the general population. This type of education for health should be part of the cultural life in each country. Besides the functional deficit, patients with a stroke face depression and cognitive deficit, and this leads to the increase in the burden associated with this disorder. The questionnaire was applied on a sample of 153 subjects (73 female and 80 male) with ischaemic stroke, who were on their second admission at the Clinical Recovery Hospital Iași. From among them, 73 had an urban background and 80 had a rural background, each of them in the first 6 months from the stroke and all of them patients also diagnosed with primary arterial hypertension. The study highlights the informational shortcomings of patients with ischaemic stroke regarding the rehabilitation possibilities, the specific symptomatology and need to conduct personalized physical therapy programs. Lifestyle change, regular medical check-ups and blood pressure monitoring represent other aspects of which patients with a stroke are not very aware.