title: [Cerebrovascular accident and its impact on clients, their partners, the couple's relationship].
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine how stroke in one partner affects the personal well-being of the other partner and the couple's relationship. Six couples were followed throughout the rehabilitation period in the rehabilitation center and community setting. Study findings revealed that following the stroke, both patients and their spouses needed to redefine who they were and then redefine their couple relationship. The patients had to adapt to changes in their body and it's functioning. For the spouses, the need to redefine who they were was related to changes in their roles and responsibilities. For the couple, the need to redefine the relationship was related to the changes in both partners. The results of this study suggest that nurses consider the effects of stroke on the patient, the spouse, and the couple relationship and focus nursing interventions that facilitate the need to redefine themselves within the context of change.
authors.affiliation: Infirmière-chef à l'unité de chirurgie (ORI et ophtalmologie) de l'Hôpital Royal Victoria, Ecole de sciences infirmières de l'Université McGill.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harvie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gottlieb
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Shaw
mesh_terms: D005192:Family Health; D006801:Humans; D008393:Marriage; D018454:Spouses; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy