title: [Strategies for self-management support by patients with stroke: integrative review].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze strategies for self-management support by patients with stroke in the light of the methodology of the five A's (ask, advice, assess, assist and arrange).
  
  
  METHODS
  Integrative review conducted at the following databases CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, Cochrane and LILACS.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 43 studies published between 2000 and 2013 comprised the study sample. All proposed actions in the five A's methodology and others were included. We highlight the Assist and Arrange, in which we added actions, especially with regard to the use of technological resources and joint monitoring between patients, families and professionals. No study included all five A's, which suggests that the actions of supported self-management are developed in a fragmented way.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of five A's strategy provides guidelines for better management of patients with stroke with lower cost and higher effectiveness.
authors: Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors: Huana Carolina Cândido
authors: HC
authors: Morais
authors: Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors: Nathalia Costa
authors: NC
authors: Gonzaga
authors: Nursing Department, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors: Priscila de Souza
authors: Pde S
authors: Aquino
authors: Nursing Department, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil.
authors: Thelma Leite de
authors: TL
authors: Araujo
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012648:Self Care; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy*