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Public stroke knowledge, awareness, and response to acute stroke: Multi-center study from 4 Egyptian governorates
- Source :
- Journal of the Neurological Sciences. 384:46-49
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background and purpose Acute stroke treatment has significantly improved over the years in Egypt. However, there is often notable delay in pre-hospital and in-hospital management of acute stroke patients. The delay may be largely attributed to poor stroke knowledge and awareness of the general public and this study was aimed at the evaluation of the abovementioned factors. Methods Descriptive cross-sectional study involving 1154 participants from 4 governorates using a questionnaire in Arabic, collecting sociodemographic data, participants' risk factors, and knowledge and stroke awareness (risk factors, symptoms, prevention, treatment and prognosis, action in response to acute stroke). Data were collected during the World stroke day October 29, 2015. Results Study participants were found to have a low level of awareness of stroke with median percent score of 35.7% and interquartile range (IQR) of 17.86. Higher income, level of education, having risk factors and knowing someone with stroke were significant predictors of a higher level of stroke awareness. Conclusion In general, low public stroke awareness has been detected among Egyptians, and this is a call for healthcare authorities to invest in public education programmes among the Egyptian population.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
medicine.medical_specialty
Arabic
Population
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Risk Factors
Interquartile range
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health care
Humans
Medicine
cardiovascular diseases
030212 general & internal medicine
education
Stroke
Aged
Acute stroke
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Knowledge awareness
Developed Countries
Awareness
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
language.human_language
Cross-Sectional Studies
Neurology
Multi center study
Family medicine
Income
language
Physical therapy
Educational Status
Egypt
Female
Neurology (clinical)
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0022510X
- Volume :
- 384
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the Neurological Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....79a043766601634641e63519bc43c814