Awareness of Stroke in the Population Presenting to Outpatient Clinics at a Tertiary Health Institution

OpenAlex İngilizce

Objective: Stroke is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide.In recent years, the importance of the awareness of this disease has increased by the use of time-based emergency treatments such as intravenous thrombolysis and thrombectomy.In order for patients to benefit from these treatments, society needs to have enough awareness of stroke. Materials and Methods:In our study, we aimed to determine the awareness of stroke by using a questionnaire on a population presenting to a university hospital.Results: Two hundred participants were included.The average of age was 34.9±14.3(range, 18-78) years.The participants knew the word paralysis (felç) more (82.5%)than stroke (inme) (50%).The most known symptom/sign of stroke was weakness and loss of sensation on one side of arm and leg; the least known sign of stroke was visual loss.Only 5 out of 200 participants were aware of all stroke symptoms.Conclusion: Society needs to be informed more about stroke in order for patients to benefit from these emergency treatments.