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Vol. 13 No. 3 (2025)
https://doi.org/10.4081/hls.2025.13363
Social needs and resilience of post-stroke patients: an exploratory case study
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Received: 9 November 2024
Accepted: 6 June 2025
Published: 15 July 2025
Accepted: 6 June 2025
Published: 15 July 2025
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Stroke recovery is a long-term process where resilience proves to be a very important factor in the stroke recovery process. This study aimed to investigate the existence of social needs in undergoing resilience in post-stroke patients, which can be used as basic data for designing intervention strategies to increase the resilience of post-stroke patients. This research was an applied qualitative study with an exploratory case studies type of research. Participants were selected using the purposive sampling method. Semi-structured in-depth interviews and field notes during the interview process were conducted with 9 informants. The data analysis used in this research was thematic analysis. There were three themes found in this research, including the need for a support system, the need for assistance in accessing health facilities, and the need for information on the whereabouts and assistance of social worker. The improvement of post-stroke patients’ resilience cannot be separated from meeting the patient’s social needs from family, peers, and the surrounding community, including social workers. Collaboration between various parties including the local community needs to be carried out as an effort to improve poststroke patients’ resilience.
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Social needs and resilience of post-stroke patients: an exploratory case study. (2025). Healthcare in Low-Resource Settings, 13(3). https://doi.org/10.4081/hls.2025.13363
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