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Effect of a physiotherapist-led training programme on attitudes of nurses caring for patients after stroke
A Forster1, G Dowswell, J Young
1Department of Health Care for the Elderly, St Luke's Hospital, Bradford, UK. a.forster@leeds.ac.uk
Background:
A multidisciplinary project team developed a five-month physiotherapist-led training programme designed to enhance nurses' rehabilitation skills.
Aims:
Investigation of the effects of the training programme on nurses attitudes to patients with stroke.
Method:
An attitude questionnaire was completed by the participating nurses before and after the training programme. In a complementary qualitative evaluation the nurses' expectations and views of the training programme were explored.
Results:
Analysis of the attitude questionnaire indicated that the programme was successful in positively influencing the nurses' attitudes (median of the change in score 2, p = 0.005). The qualitative interviews reflected a similar outcome.
Conclusions:
Quantitative and qualitative evaluation indicates that the training programme had some effect in changing nurses' attitudes to treating patients after a stroke. Such a training programme could be a useful contribution to post-stroke care.