Task-Oriented Rehabilitation Nursing with Thematic Health Education Improves Functional Recovery and Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Elderly Post-Stroke Lower Extremity Hemiplegia

Objective: When providing care for elderly patients with hemiplegia of the lower extremities after stroke, task-oriented rehabilitation nursing combined with thematic health education was adopted to analyze the effect of such nursing measures. Methods: Fifty patients were randomly selected, all of whom were patients with lower extremity hemiplegia after stroke admitted to a certain rehabilitation hospital. The admission period was from September 2021 to August 2024. They were evenly divided by random lottery, with 25 cases in each group. Conventional nursing was used in the control group, and task-oriented rehabilitation nursing combined with thematic health education was used in the observation group. Analyze the effects produced by different nursing measures. Results: There was a significant difference in the FMA scores between the two groups of patients before and after the intervention, both of which increased significantly, and the improvement in the observation group was even greater (P < 0.05). There was a significant difference in the scores of health knowledge, attitude and practice between the two groups of patients before and after the intervention, both of which improved significantly, and the improvement in the observation group was even greater (P < 0.05). Conclusion: When providing nursing care for elderly patients with hemiplegia of the lower extremities after stroke, the application of task-oriented rehabilitation nursing combined with thematic health education can significantly improve their lower extremity function and health knowledge, attitude and practice.