TY - JOUR AU - Thongbupa, Sukanya AU - Kaewsriwong, Siriluck PY - 2018/06/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Executive Function Training Programs for Stroke Patients with Cognitive Impairment: Literature Review JF - Journal of Research in Nursing-Midwifery and Health Sciences JA - JRN-MHS VL - 38 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/nur-psu/article/view/131994 SP - 124-131 AB - <p>Cognitive impairment is an important problem in ischemic stroke patients. The impairment affects<br>the physical and psychological not only of the patients but also the caregivers, family members. It is the<br>economic burden of society and country. Cognitive function is an essential component based for learning,<br>performing basic life skills and rehabilitating after the stroke. Cognitive rehabilitation should be early initiation,<br> otherwise, it will progress to be as post stroke dementia. Among the post stroke cognitive impairment, the<br>executive function is mostly important. It is the higher cognitive process controlling both of the basic and<br>advanced cognitive activities including decision making, planning, management, problem solving and expressing<br>the appropriate behavior to the situation or environment. Thus, the executive function training after stroke is<br>very essential for higher level of cognitive functioning. From the clinical problem and the literature review,<br>the author found that the executive training programs aimed to enhance the post stroke cognitive function<br>were beneficial and individually suitable for each patient. However, there was limited information from the<br>studies in Thailand. This review will provide more information for nurses and heath care team about the<br>appropriately executive training program to improve the cognitive function after stroke in order to have the<br>quality of life among the ischemic stroke patients.</p> ER -