| Summary: | Background: Stroke is the leading cause of death in most Southeast
Asia countries, where prevalence in Indonesia is 0.8%. Stroke is largely
caused by attitude and food habit which is also affected by knowledge of
nutrition. The video is able to accelerate levels of understanding for the
individual. The aim of this study was to explore whether passively
watching a nutritional education video in the outpatient waiting room could
be an effective method for patient to gain a better understanding.
Method: A quasi-experimental study with pre test post test control group
design was conducted from September-October 2013. Subjects were 72
outpatient stroke patients who met the inclusion criteria. Participants in
both groups completed a pre study evaluation, while the video group also
had a post study evaluation after watching the video in Indonesian or
Javanese. Those enrolled were contacted after 1 month to determine
knowledge retention via the same test. Age, level of education, income,
and employment were also examined in both two groups. The data
collected was then analyzed using a parametric and non-parametric test
for normal and abnormal distributed data.
Result: After watching the video, participants demonstrated improved knowledge with mean increase of test score from 11.36 to 14.36
(p=0.0001, CI= 95%). At the second month follow up the mean post
intervention result decreased yet scores differed significantly between
both groups, video group (13.50) and control group (11.47) (p=0.0001).
Conclusion: A nutritional education video improves the knowledge of the
stroke patient, yet the process of education should be continuously
repeated to enhance effectiveness.
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