Implication of Mauk Nursing Intervention Model on Coping Strategies of Stroke Survivors

Objectives:  stroke is a major event in one's life, and patients will inevitably require the use of copingstrategies in order to try to reestablish acceptable life equilibrium. due to the extensive role that nursescan be active members in the patient's rehabilitation plan, the mauk model is a model that focuses onstroke patients. for each stage of this model,  mauk has developed appropriate rehabilitation nursinginterventions. this study aimed to analyze the effect of implementation of the mauk nursing rehabilitationmodel (agonizing phase, fantasy phase, realizing phase) on the coping strategies of stroke patients.methods: this study is a quasi-experimental one-group pre-test - post-test study. the interventions areidentified and coping strategies for patients based  on the mauk model have been trained. conveniencesampling has been done in imam khomeini hospital and tabassom rehabilitation center in 1392. datacollection instruments included a demographic questionnaire and a coping strategies questionnaire forstroke patients. the educational program was implemented in sessions of 45 minutes. the patients’coping strategies, before and after training, were  assessed. data was statistically analyzed usingdescriptive and inferential tests in spss software 16.results: the mean score for coping strategies before intervention was 111.42 ±11.71, and afterintervention was 102.14± 12.45 (p<0.05). the physical, mental and social dimensions in the copingstrategies showed significant differences before and after intervention.discussion: using the rehabilitation program interventions for effectively dealing with stress, changingand unpredictable behavior patterns in chronic patients is an important component of the treatmentprotocol, and helps deliver an increase in coping strategies for stroke patients.