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dc.contributor.author | Ranawaka, U. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mettananda, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thilakarathna, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Peiris, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kasturiratne, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tilakaratna, Y. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-21T12:17:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-21T12:17:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2020;29(6):104790. [Epub 2020] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1052-3057 (Print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1532-8511 (Electronic) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1052-3057 (Linking) | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/21090 | |
dc.description | Indexed in MEDLINE. | en_US |
dc.description.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. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Demos Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Stroke | en_US |
dc.title | Stroke awareness in patients with incident stroke compared to patients without stroke or ischemic heart disease | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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