Revista Gestão & Saúde (Apr 2011)
EDUCATION AND HEALTH PROMOTION AS A STRATEGY FOR THE REHABILITATION OF patients with sequelae of stroke - Case Study.
Abstract
Introduction: The education and promotion of health she make guaranteeing knowledge, aptitudes and opportunities to the people so that they can make decisions and to have attitudes that improve your conditions of health. The training for promotion of patients' health with sequels of BIRD (it Alters Vascular Encefálico) and patients' caretakers with sequels of BIRD, it can contribute to improve the life quality and to promote the solemnity-care. Methods: They were made case studies with five patient and your respective caretakers. The patients answered to the Functional Index of Barthel and the caretakers to a questionnaire of knowledge regarding the pathology and they participated of weekly encounters in the Regional Hospital of Planaltina, where they were answered your doubts, they received training and orientations in agreement with the theme proposed for each meeting and the patients' main needs. Results: Four patients concluded the study. We observed that all had it gets better in your functional state. The Index of medium initial Barthel was of 52,5 and the end of 85,0 points. The caretakers were shown disposed to participate in the process of the patients' rehabilitation in spite of they have not previous knowledge regarding the disease. Conclusion: We concluded that the presented data showthe relevance of the education and of the promotion of health as strategies for the patients' rehabilitation with sequel of BIRD.
