Abstract:
This quasi-experimental study was aimed to examing the effects of a nurse coaching intervention on swallowing in ischemic stroke patients with dysphagia at the stroke unit in Chonburi hospital between May and December 2015. Forty-four subjects were purposively sampled and assigned via pair matching with gender, age, and severity of stroke in- the control and experimental group, with a total of 22 subjects in each group. The experimental group received a nurse coaching intervention whereas the control group received routine nursing care. The nurse coaching intervention consisted of individualized session of rehabilitation for increasing the swallowing of subjects via caregiver's involvement over 5 day of hospital stayed and 2 follow up phone called after discharge at the end of 1st week. The nurse coaching session included educational and skill strategies including 6 steps: goal setting, analysis, exploration, planning action, learning and feedback. Data were collected on demographic form , an Ischemic stroke patient swallowing assessment form and a caregiver ability assessment form. The content validity of the program and all instruments were verified by five experts and tested for inter-rater reliability yielding a values of .97 and 1.0. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and hypotheses were tested with paired t-test and independent t-test. The find are as follow: 1. The mean score of swallowing in the experimental group was significantly higher than before to receiving the program (P<.05). 2. After completion of the intervention, the experimental group had a significantly higher mean score for swallowing than the control group (P<.05).