Data Collection and Instruments
After permission was granted, patients who met eligibility
criteria were asked to give information to a nurse
relating to their lastmonth before the stroke event and to
complete the questionnaires. This task was to be completed independently during the patients’ first or second days
on theward, if they were willing and able to take part in
the study. The questionnaires include sociodemographic
and disease-specific data, the Stroke Prevention Knowledge
Questionnaire (SPKQ), and the HPLP II.