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The Joanna Briggs Institute Best Practice Information Sheet: The psychosocial and spiritual experiences of elderly individuals recovering from a stroke
Author(s) -
Karin Hannes
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2010.00555.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , stroke (engine) , perspective (graphical) , best practice , psychology , qualitative research , clinical practice , medicine , nursing , psychiatry , sociology , management , mechanical engineering , social science , artificial intelligence , computer science , engineering , economics
This Best Practice Information Sheet aims to synthesize the best available evidence on the psychosocial and spiritual experiences of elderly individuals recovering from a stroke. The information that is contained in this sheet has been derived from studies that were included in a systematic review conducted by The Joanna Briggs Institute. Stroke is a major cause of death and disability and the risk of experiencing a stroke increases with age. A wide range of issues that are related to the experience of a stroke, from the perspective of the patient, have been identified in the research literature. This information sheet focuses on qualitative evidence on the short‐term and long‐term recovery process from the perspective of the elderly person, with the intention of assessing the evidence that would guide nursing practice.