Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Research Article
Development and Effectiveness Testing of a Mobile Health Education Package for Stroke Prevention among Stroke Survivors
Author(s): Marufat Oluyemisi Odetunde*, Sekinat Omowumi Ibrahim, Gideon Tolu Oluwagbade, Adesola Christiana Odole, Chidozie Emmanuel and Morenikeji A. Komolafe
Background: Addressing limited stroke literacy among stroke survivors based on social cognitive theory, using trending
Mobile Health (m-health) devices can be a valuable interventional approach to reduce secondary stroke risk.
Objectives of this study were to develop and test effectiveness of m-health based educational package for stroke
prevention among stroke survivors.
Method: This was a multimodal methodology involving content development and effectiveness testing using Delphi
protocol and pre-test and post-test design respectively. Role shifting involved a physiotherapist administering stroke
prevention education. Development comprised items selection, rating and retention; script writing, translation and
recording into an audio and video educational packages. Effectiveness testing involved 30 consenting, consecutively
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