HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN KELUARGA TENTANG SELF CARE DENGAN TINGKAT KEMANDIRIAN PASIEN STROKE DI KOTA PADANGSIDIMPUAN

Self care is an activity that is carried out every day by individuals in fulfilling their life needs to maintain their life, maintain health and make themselves prosperous. Stroke is a clinical syndrome characterized by acute loss of brain function and can cause death. The low level of family knowledge about stroke makes it worse. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between family knowledge about self care and the level of independence of stroke patients in Padangsidimpuan City. The type of research used in this research is quantitative research using a descriptive correlation research design with a cross sectional approach with a total of 52 respondents. Based on the Pearson test, p-value = 0.002 <0.05 was obtained. The conclusion of this study is that there is a relationship between family knowledge about self care and the level of independence of stroke patients in the city of Padangsidimpuan. Suggestions for families as a reference for understanding and media, so that they know the importance of self-care with the level of independence of stroke patients and finally can be practiced on information about daily life.