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Title: | Stroke awareness in patients with incident stroke compared to patients without stroke or ischemic heart disease |
Authors: | Ranawaka, U. Mettananda, C. Thilakarathna, C. Peiris, A. Kasturiratne, A. Tilakaratna, Y. |
Keywords: | Stroke |
Issue Date: | 2020 |
Publisher: | Demos Publications |
Citation: | Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2020;29(6):104790. [Epub 2020] |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Stroke awareness is known to influence treatment seeking and risk reduction behavior, but there is limited data from Sri Lanka and South Asia. AIM: To describe stroke awareness in incident stroke patients and to compare with patients without stroke and/or ischemic heart disease (IHD) in a Sri Lankan tertiary-care center. METHODS: We studied awareness of stroke in all incident stroke patients admitted to a tertiary-care center in Sri Lanka and compared with a group of age- and sex-matched patients without stroke and/or IHD, over 2 years. Knowledge on stroke mechanisms, risk factors, symptoms, prognosis, treatment, and prevention were evaluated using a 40-item interviewer-administered questionnaire and converted to a composite score of 100%. Total awareness was categorized as Very poor (<24%), Poor (25%-49%), Good (50%-74%), and Very good (>74%). RESULTS: One hundred and sixty four incident stroke patients (mean age 62.0 ± 11.5 years; 64.6% males) and 164 patients without stroke and/or IHD were studied. Mean stroke awareness was 47.79% ± 14.6 in stroke patients, and 47.73% ± 14.9 in the nonstroke and/or IHD patients (P = .95). Of the associations studied, better stroke awareness (>50%) was associated only with higher education levels (OR 1.90, 95%CI 1.33-2.72, P < .001) in stroke patients. CONCLUSIONS: Stroke awareness is not satisfactory in incident stroke patients and is no better than in patients without stroke and/or IHD. Better stroke awareness was associated with higher education levels. Keywords: Sri Lanka; Stroke; awareness; comparison; stroke-patients. |
Description: | Indexed in MEDLINE. |
URI: | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21090 |
ISSN: | 1052-3057 (Print) 1532-8511 (Electronic) 1052-3057 (Linking) |
Appears in Collections: | Journal/Magazine Articles |
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