title: High-quality Health Information Provision for Stroke Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  High-quality information provision can allow stroke patients to effectively participate in healthcare decision-making, better manage the stroke, and make a good recovery. In this study, we reviewed information needs of stroke patients, methods for providing information to patients, and considerations needed by the information providers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature concerning or including information provision for patients with stroke in English was collected from PubMed published from 1990 to 2015.
  
  
  METHODS
  We included all the relevant articles on information provision for stroke patients in English, with no limitation of study design.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Stroke is a major public health concern worldwide. High-quality and effective health information provision plays an essential role in helping patients to actively take part in decision-making and healthcare, and empowering them to effectively self-manage their long-standing chronic conditions. Different methods for providing information to patients have their relative merits and suitability, and as a result, the effective strategies taken by health professionals may include providing high-quality information, meeting patients' individual needs, using suitable methods in providing information, and maintaining active involvement of patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is suggested that to enable stroke patients to access high-quality health information, greater efforts need to be made to ensure patients to receive accurate and current evidence-based information which meets their individual needs. Health professionals should use suitable information delivery methods, and actively involve stroke patients in information provision.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors: Hong-Sheng
authors: HS
authors: Du
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors: Jing-Jian
authors: JJ
authors: Ma
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin 300192, China.
authors: Mu
authors: M
authors: Li
mesh_terms: D066275:Health Information Exchange; D055991:Health Records, Personal; D006801:Humans; D020521:Stroke