How to return? experiences of patients in working age after first Ischaemic stroke: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of patient´s perspective at 12 - 24 months post-stroke.

Background: Limited evidence of young adult patient-reported outcomes and experiences after ischaemic stroke has been conducted.

Aim: To investigate the meaning of the lived experiences of stroke patients in working age 12-24 months after their first IS.

Material And Methods: The exploratory qualitative study used an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) design.

Quality of Life in Patients with Excellent 3-Month Clinical Outcome after First-Ever Ischemic Stroke: A Time to Redefine Excellent Outcome?

Introduction: Ischemic stroke (IS) may have impact on long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) even in the patients with good clinical outcome, and tools mostly used for the assessment of outcome may underestimate or not reflect all relevant sequels after IS. We aimed to analyze HRQoL in the patients with excellent outcome after IS.

Methods: We analyzed consecutive IS patients enrolled in the prospective FRAILTY study (ClinicalTrials.

Self-assessed competence of final-year nursing students.

Aim: To examine the overall level of self-assessed competence of final-year nursing 'bachelors' degree students in the Czech Republic. In addition, the study aimed at the factors associated with the students' level of competence.

Design: A cross-sectional observational study.

Factors affecting the quality of life after ischemic stroke in young adults: a scoping review.

Purpose: To synthesize the body of knowledge on the factors influencing the quality of life (QoL) after ischemic stroke (IS) in young adults.

Methods: Guidelines regarding the scoping review methodology developed by the Joanna Briggs Institute, and the PRISMA-ScR checklist for a scoping review was used in this paper. A total of 1197 studies were identified through a bibliographic search in Web of Science, MEDLINE, PsycInfo, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ProQuest Science Database.

Nursing students' perceived stress and clinical learning experience.

Background: Stressors among nursing students arise from both academic activities and clinical placement. Understanding how nursing students perceive academic and clinical stressors and the clinical learning environment could help develop useful approaches to reducing levels of stress and contribute to the maintenance of a good learning environment. There is a paucity of studies that investigated associations between the clinical learning environment and the stress of nursing students.