The Development of a Service Model Accessing the Stroke Fast Track Among Elderly, Naduang District

Abstract

     The research and development aimed to study the development of a service model accessing the stroke fast track among the elderly, Naduang district, and to study the results of the development of the stroke fast track among the elderly, Na Duang subdistrict, Na Duang district, Loei province. Participants were group 1: elderly people aged 60 years and over, with comorbidities such as high blood pressure. and/or smokers and non-smokers, 30 people. Group 2 participants were elderly caregivers living together with elderly people in the same house as group 1, totaling 30 people. Group 3, participants were village health volunteers, same village, with participants in Group 1, totaling 30 people according to the participants met criteria. The research measurements were 2 parts: Part 1 consists of 1) personal information 2) a knowledge assessment form in the care of cerebrovascular disease 3) satisfaction assessment form for the elderly, caregivers of the elderly, and village health volunteers. Part 2 consisted of a semi-structured interview form, and group discussion Quantitative data analyzed using descriptive statistics including frequency, percentage, mean, and deviation. The qualitative data analyzed with the content analysis. The study was conducted between 31 August 2023–31 January2024.
     The results of the study found that general information, the majority of elderly people aged 60 years and over were female by 63.33 percent (19 people), and between the ages of 60 -69 years by 43.33 percent (13 people). As for the educational level, it was found that they had graduated at the elementary school or less than primary school, 90 percent (27 people). Accessing to fast tract system before development model was 110 minutes but after the development model was 25 minutes. The sample group had different knowledge before and after the development of the model with a statistic significant of .05 (). The satisfaction before and after the model development was the average knowledge had increased with statistical significance at the level of .001, and the average satisfaction increased by 15.41 percent.