Home Care Practices that Improve Performance of Activities of Daily Living of Patients Post-stroke:A Systematic Review.

Evidence is inconsistent on the effectiveness of home rehabilitation for patients post-stroke. This review aims to explore home care practices that improve the performance of activities of daily living of patients post-stroke. Adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA), clinical trials and mixed-methods studies published from 2012 to 2022 were gathered from PubMed, ScienceDirect, EBSCO, and ProQuest in December 2022.

Nurses' Awareness and Actual Nursing Practice Situation of Stroke Care in Acute Stroke Units: A Japanese Cross-Sectional Web-Based Questionnaire Survey.

The awareness of care provided by stroke care unit (SCU) nurses in Japan to patients with an acute cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and the characteristic differences in their actual nursing practice were evaluated. A cross-sectional web-based questionnaire survey was administered to 1040 SCU nurses. Data collection and reporting procedures followed the STROBE Statement Checklist for cross-sectional studies.