[Therapeutic education program on stroke for prevention of the vascular risk in women]. / L'ETP dans la prévention du risque vasculaire des femmes.

Stroke is a disease whose frequency is increasing especially in women and in the elderly, and that is associated with major functional impairment with adverse consequences in terms of quality of life. Implementation of a therapeutic education program is helpful for patients and their relatives so as to acquire skills to manage their own health, with the goal of reducing recurrences and improving personal experience of the disease.