Level of Patient Dependence in Stroke Patients in Fulfilling Daily Activities (ADL)

Abstract

Stroke causes disruption of daily activities of stroke patients which causes dependence.
Efforts are made to fulfill the activities of daily living (ADL). Aimed to family support
determine the effect of a caregiver with daily equipment on the level of dependency in
stroke patients. The design of this study used a quasi-experimental design with one
group pretest-posttest. Respondents were taken by consecutive sampling of 15
respondents in the hospital RSUD A. W Sjahranie Samarinda city inpatient ward. Data
were collected with an instrument sheet and questionnaire by Barthel Indeks. Data
analysis used test Wilcoxon test. The results showed that there were differences in the
level of dependency scores before and after (p = 0,009). The instrument used to measure
differences in this study is standard, valid, and reliable Barthel Index. Family support as
a caregiver using daily equipment has been proven to affect reducing the level of
dependency in stroke patients. Family support as a caregiver with daily equipment can
be applied in hospital interventions to reduce the dependence of stroke patients.