Objectives : This study was designed to identify the personality changes of stroke geriatric patient and experienced
barriers in supports and relationships.
Methods : The subjects were 231 stroke patients. All the subjects were medically stable, had adequate
comprehension of instructions for assessment and age over 65 years and the study was conducted
from 06/2015 to 10/2015. All patients participated in semi-structured questions based
on the ICF categories of supports and relational factors of the extended version of ICF core
set for stroke.
Results : 59.7% of subjects show personality changes. Personality changed subjects experience more
barriers in support and relationships from friend, acquaintances, peers, colleagues, neighbors
and community members and health professionals than personality not changed stroke patients.
When personality change was great many stroke patients experienced barriers in support and
relationship with immediate family, extended family, friend, acquaintances, peers, colleagues,
neighbors and community members and health professionals. Providing management and intervention
of personality changes can help elderly people with stroke achieve more promotional
social support and relations.
Conclusion : Stroke patients with personality changes experienced disability in support and relationship with
friends, acquaintances, peers, peers, neighbors, and community members. As personality
changes changed, the support and relationships of immediate family members, extended family
members, friends, acquaintances, peers, peers, neighbors, community members, and health professionals
experienced disability. Providing management and intervention of personality changes
in stroke patients can help elderly people with stroke achieve more promotional social support
and relationships.