ABSTRACT
Objective To study the effect of community nursing and family members′participation on rehabilitation of patients with cerebral infarction. Methods Forty-two patients with cerebral infarction discharged from our hospital was chosen to take community rehabilitation training. The scores by modified Barthel index (MBI) and functional comprehensive assessment (FCA) before intervention were compared to those after intervention at the time points of pre-intervention and 1 month , three months after intervention. Results The scores by modified Barthel index (MBI) and functional comprehensive assessment (FCA) before intervention were significantly higher than those before intervention (P<0.01). The scores by MBI 1 month after intervention were significantly higher than those three months after intervention (P<0.01), indicating the longer the rehabilitation training, the better the effect. Conclusion The community rehabilitation care to patients with cerebral infarction sequelae can improve the quality of rehabilitation training and finally their quality of life.