Poor Awareness of Stroke—A Hospital-Based Study from South India: An Urgent Need For Awareness Programs

Menon, Bindu; Swaroop, Jatla J.; Deepika, Haripuram K.R.; Conjeevaram, Jyothi; Munisusmitha, K

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.03.017

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“…Considering the rural setup and low awareness among patients to reach within 6 h of onset of stroke,[5] only few patients reached the hospital within the window period. Although some patients reaching within window period underwent intravenous thrombolysis using rTPA, none of patients underwent intra-arterial (IA) interventions (IA thrombolysis/mechanical aspiration/mechanical thrombectomy) due to financial constraints.…”

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Successful Endovascular Neurosurgical Practice in Resource-poor Exclusive Rural Neuro-hospital Setup

Harsha¹

2016

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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Aim:The aim of this study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing endovascular neurosurgery in remote resource-poor neuro-hospital setup and evaluate its outcome.Materials and Methods:Retrospective analysis of diagnostic and therapeutic endovascular neurosurgical procedures performed during September 2013–June 2016.Results:A total of 174 diagnostic cerebral and spinal digital subtraction angiograms and 70 major endovascular neurosurgeries were performed during the period. The endovascular neurosurgical procedures included 54 aneurysms coiled, 4 cerebral arteriovenous malformation embolization, 2 dural arteriovenous fistulas embolization, 2 cerebral tumor embolizations, 2 intracranial stentings, 5 extracranial carotid stentings, 1 transverse sinus stenting. No complications were seen during diagnostic procedures. Operation related morbidity of 1.4% and mortality of 1.4% seen, with a procedural success rate of 97.2%.Conclusion:Endovascular neurosurgery is feasible in resource-poor remote rural exclusive neuro-hospital setup with procedural success rate and outcomes comparable to existing literature.

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Successful Endovascular Neurosurgical Practice in Resource-poor Exclusive Rural Neuro-hospital Setup

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2016

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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“…Also, 1164 participants (69.1%) could not correctly identify any risk factors for stroke, of which 1061 cases (91.2%, 63.0% of the total) could not provide any answer. However, a foreign demographic survey conducted in 2015 showed that 59.2% of the respondents were able to identify at least one stroke risk factor [9]. This study concluded that the community residents in Jinjiang District had a low awareness of stroke risk factors.…”

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Recognition of stroke among community residents and the improvement after intensive health education: A cross-sectional study.

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Background: This study aimed to investigate stroke recognition in a community population (including high-risk groups of stroke) in Jinjiang District of Chengdu and strengthen the publicity of the impact of stroke-related knowledge on community residents' stroke recognition. Methods: By conducting an epidemiological survey, nine communities in Jinjiang District were sampled, and a questionnaire on stroke-related knowledge was designed to investigate the community residents in Jinjiang District of Chengdu City. We carried out stroke health education activities with the theme of "understanding stroke" and evaluated the impact. Results: There were 1685 valid questionnaires, and the awareness level of stroke risk among community residents in Jinjiang District of Chengdu was 11.4%. The proportion of people who recognized that there was a risk of stroke increased with the increase in the number of risk factors (P < 0.001). Participants with three or more risk factors were aware that the risk of stroke was only 40.3%. The recognition rate of stroke warning symptoms among community residents was 29.8-59.5%. Among them, the recognition rate of common stroke symptoms such as limb weakness, language disorder, and imbalance was more than 50%, and the cognitive proportion of rare symptoms including monocular or binocular blurred vision and severe headache with no known cause was only about 1%. When faced with five sudden stroke warning symptoms, the proportion of participants who chose to make an emergency call (120, in China) was about 41.5%. Nearly 10% of the respondents chose to consult a doctor, take medicine, or wait. After strengthening publicity and education, there was a significant improvement in the identification of stroke risk factors, stroke warning symptoms, and stroke management. The number of respondents who chose to dial 120 increased from 59.2% to 82.7%. Conclusions: The recognition of stroke among community residents in Jinjiang District of Chengdu is low. Strengthening publicity and education on stroke-related knowledge and post-stroke treatment can significantly improve patients' cognition of stroke-related knowledge and enhance community residents' awareness of giving priority to dialing 120 after the onset of stroke symptoms.

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“…This study concluded that the community residents in Jinjiang District had a low awareness of stroke risk factors. Similar to some foreign survey, it is necessary to strengthen the popularity of the knowledge regarding stroke [10].…”

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Recognition of stroke-related knowledge among community residents and the improvement after intensive health education: A cross-sectional study

Zhong

Wang

et al. 2020

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Background: This study aimed to investigate the recognition of stroke-related knowledge in a community population (including high-risk groups for stroke) in Jinjiang District of Chengdu and to strengthen the publicity of the impact of stroke-related knowledge on community residents' stroke recognition by carrying out stroke-health education activities.Methods: By conducting an epidemiological survey, nine communities in Jinjiang District were sampled, and a questionnaire on stroke-related knowledge was designed to investigate the community residents in Jinjiang District of Chengdu City. We carried out stroke health education activities with the theme of "understanding stroke" and evaluated the impact.Results: There were 1685 valid questionnaires, and the awareness level of stroke risk among community residents in Jinjiang District of Chengdu was 11.4%. Participants with three or more risk factors were aware that the risk of stroke was only 40.3%. The recognition rate of stroke warning symptoms among community residents was 29.8-59.5%. Among them, the recognition rate of common stroke symptoms; such as limb weakness, language disorder, and imbalance; was more than 50%, and the cognitive proportion of rare symptoms including monocular or binocular blurred vision, and severe headache with no known cause was only about 1%. When faced with five sudden stroke warning symptoms, the proportion of participants who chose to make an emergency call (120, in China) was about 41.5%. Nearly 10% of the respondents chose to consult a doctor, take medicine, or wait. After strengthening publicity and education, there was a significant improvement in the identification of stroke risk factors, stroke warning symptoms, and stroke management. The number of respondents who chose to dial 120 increased from 59.2% to 82.7%. Conclusions: The recognition of stroke-related knowledge among community residents in JinjiangDistrict of Chengdu was low. Strengthening publicity and education on stroke-related knowledge and post-stroke treatment can significantly improve patients' cognition of stroke-related knowledge and enhance community residents' awareness of giving priority to dialing 120 after the onset of stroke symptoms.

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Poor Awareness of Stroke—A Hospital-Based Study from South India: An Urgent Need For Awareness Programs

Cited by 28 publications

References 43 publications

Successful Endovascular Neurosurgical Practice in Resource-poor Exclusive Rural Neuro-hospital Setup

Successful Endovascular Neurosurgical Practice in Resource-poor Exclusive Rural Neuro-hospital Setup

Recognition of stroke among community residents and the improvement after intensive health education: A cross-sectional study.

Recognition of stroke-related knowledge among community residents and the improvement after intensive health education: A cross-sectional study

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