PURPOSE
This study aims to identify the effects of health literacy and stroke knowledge on adherence to self-care behavior among the elderly with ischemic stroke.
METHODS
The participants were 92 outpatients aged 65 or older with ischemic stroke, who were visiting the neurology or neurosurgery departments of two general hospitals in Chungcheongbuk-do between November 20, 2018, and April 9, 2019. The SPSS/WIN 23.0 program was used to analyze descriptive statistics, independent t-tests, and one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression.
RESULTS
The mean age of participants was 73.25±5.72 and the proportion of men was 71.7%. The average score for health literacy, stroke knowledge, and adherence to self-care behavior were 9.26±2.32, 10.34±2.53, and 81.67±14.72, respectively. There were statistically significant differences in adherence to self-care behavior according to living and time since stroke. Adherence to self-care behavior and health literacy showed a statistically significant positive correlation with stroke knowledge. Stroke knowledge, living alone, and time since stroke(less than one year) were significantly related to the adherence to self-care behavior. This regression model explained 24.0% of the variance in the adherence to self-care behavior.
CONCLUSION
To improve the adherence to self-care behavior in the elderly with ischemic stroke, it is necessary to develop and implement educational program for those who live alone and who have experienced stroke less than one year previously.

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