A Population-Based Survey of Stroke Knowledge in Argentina: The SIFHON Study

Dossi, Daiana; Hawkes, Maximiliano A.; Pujol-Lereis, Virginia; Povedano, Guillermo; Rodríguez-Lucci, Federico; Farez, Mauricio; Ameriso, Sebastián F.

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“…The awareness campaigns launched by the World Stroke Organization 8 in 2006 have being increasingly used every year. In Latin American countries, the improvement was significant 8 https://www.world-stroke.org/world-stroke-day-campaign/world-strokecampaign in the number of countries with national campaigns (from 25 to 75%) as well as in the number of governmental and nongovernmental initiatives. It is necessary to measure the impact of these campaigns on the population's knowledge about stroke.…”

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“…It is necessary to measure the impact of these campaigns on the population's knowledge about stroke. Although a study has shown better recognition of risk factors in recent years in Argentina (8,9), recognition of warning signs…”

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“…Frontiers in Neurology | www.frontiersin.org remains very low and actions that could save lives and reduce the inability to call an ambulance and go to a stroke center are still very scarce (8,10,11). Despite the great international appeal for the implementation of effective and low-cost strategies in primary prevention (12)(13)(14)(15)(16), such as reducing salt intake, encouraging physical exercise and weight reduction, discontinuing alcohol and unhealthy foods intake, in our study, as in many countries across the globe (17)(18)(19), there has been only a partial implementation of these strategies that could have a huge impact in decreasing the global burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD).…”

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Fighting Against Stroke in Latin America: A Joint Effort of Medical Professional Societies and Governments

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Introduction: Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in Latin America, a region with countless gaps to be addressed to decrease its burden. In 2018, at the first Latin American Stroke Ministerial Meeting, stroke physician and healthcare manager representatives from 13 countries signed the Declaration of Gramado with the priorities to improve the region, with the commitment to implement all evidence-based strategies for stroke care. The second meeting in March 2020 reviewed the achievements in 2 years and discussed new objectives. This paper will review the 2-year advances and future plans of the Latin American alliance for stroke.Method: In March 2020, a survey based on the Declaration of Gramado items was sent to the neurologists participants of the Stroke Ministerial Meetings. The results were confirmed with representatives of the Ministries of Health and leaders from the countries at the second Latin American Stroke Ministerial Meeting.Results: In 2 years, public stroke awareness initiatives increased from 25 to 75% of countries. All countries have started programs to encourage physical activity, and there has been an increase in the number of countries that implement, at least partially, strategies to identify and treat hypertension, diabetes, and lifestyle risk factors. Programs to identify and treat dyslipidemia and atrial fibrillation still remained poor. The number of stroke centers increased from 322 to 448, all of them providing intravenous thrombolysis, with an increase in countries with stroke units. All countries have mechanical thrombectomy, but mostly restricted to a few private hospitals. Pre-hospital organization remains limited. The utilization of telemedicine has increased but is restricted to a few hospitals and is not widely available throughout the country. Patients have late, if any, access to rehabilitation after hospital discharge.Conclusion: The initiative to collaborate, exchange experiences, and unite societies and governments to improve stroke care in Latin America has yielded good results. Important advances have been made in the region in terms of increasing the number of acute stroke care services, implementing reperfusion treatments and creating programs for the detection and treatment of risk factors. We hope that this approach can reduce inequalities in stroke care in Latin America and serves as a model for other under-resourced environments.

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“…Having prior information about stroke is not enough to have a high knowledge level. Dossi et al found that even though 95% of the respondents reported prior information about stroke, only 37% had adequate knowledge-based [ 32 ]. In our study, 63.3% of surveyed reported having prior information about stroke.…”

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Stroke knowledge among emergency centre visitors: A cross-sectional multicenter survey

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African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…4,5 Factors that related to good knowledge of stroke risk factors, prevention methods, warning symptoms and appropriate planned response when there is a suspicion of acute stroke were younger age, female, married, higher education, living in the city, being employed, sufficient income and underlying DM. 4,7,[18][19][20] While hypertensive patients may have more knowledge of stroke over a normotensive population 19 , some studies found that 77.0% of hypertensive patients could not identify any stroke risk factors or warning symptoms. 20 This study was developed with the primary objective being to assess knowledge of stroke prevention methods and warning symptoms among patients living with diabetes and/or hypertension, who are in the high risk group of stroke, as there are currently few studies concerning this topic; especially in Thailand and in this specific group of patients.…”

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Knowledge of Stroke and Planned Response among Patients Living with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in a Primary Care Unit

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2022

Siriraj Med J

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Background: Stroke is an important worldwide public health problem. Lack of knowledge in prevention methods, warning symptoms and planned response of acute stroke are associated with a longer prehospital time, which affect the morbidity and mortality of patients.Objective: The primary objective was to assess knowledge of stroke prevention methods and warning symptoms among patients living with diabetes and/or hypertension. The secondary objectives were to define planned responses when suspecting acute stroke, and identify associated factors with stroke knowledge scores and planned responses.Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in patients living with diabetes and/or hypertension, who had continuous follow up at the primary care unit of Songklanagarind Hospital. The outcomes of this study were assessed by a questionnaire, which was developed from a literature review.Results: This study included 312 participants. Median age was 64.0 years (Q1, Q3 = 58.0, 71.0), and 59.6% were female. Median score of knowledge of stroke prevention methods were 9, from 12 points (Q1, Q3 = 8, 10), and warning symptoms were 7, from 10 points (Q1, Q3 = 6, 8); with 80.1% of them knowing all 3 warning symptoms, according to the acronym FAST. Only 22.8% of participants would go to the hospital immediately, by calling an ambulance when they experienced symptoms of a suspected acute stroke. Participants who had income had statistically significant higher knowledge of stroke prevention methods; while participants under 60 years of age, who had a longer duration of diagnosed diabetes mellitus were associated with appropriate planned responses when suspecting acute stroke.Conclusion: Patients living with diabetes mellitus and hypertension, who are at a high risk for developing cardiovascular diseases, still do not have enough knowledge about acute stroke and had little concern about developing a stroke; especially the elderly and those with a short duration of having been diagnosed with diabetes mellitus.

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A Population-Based Survey of Stroke Knowledge in Argentina: The SIFHON Study

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Fighting Against Stroke in Latin America: A Joint Effort of Medical Professional Societies and Governments

Fighting Against Stroke in Latin America: A Joint Effort of Medical Professional Societies and Governments

Stroke knowledge among emergency centre visitors: A cross-sectional multicenter survey

Knowledge of Stroke and Planned Response among Patients Living with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in a Primary Care Unit

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