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Educational Program Improved Senior Preparedness to Call 911 as a Response to Stroke

VOLEVACH, Ekaterina, Hana MARSALKOVA, Jan BOBEK, Veronika SVOBODOVA, Robert MIKULÍK et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Educational Program Improved Senior Preparedness to Call 911 as a Response to Stroke

Autoři

VOLEVACH, Ekaterina (643 Rusko, garant), Hana MARSALKOVA (203 Česká republika), Jan BOBEK (203 Česká republika), Veronika SVOBODOVA (203 Česká republika) a Robert MIKULÍK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

JOURNAL OF STROKE & CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES, AMSTERDAM, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2021, 1052-3057

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

30103 Neurosciences

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.677

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00122750

Organizační jednotka

Lékařská fakulta

UT WoS

000704379900017

Klíčová slova anglicky

Educational Program; Primary Prevention; Warning Signs; Stroke; Czech Republic; Awareness; Seniors

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 2. 1. 2023 13:02, Mgr. Tereza Miškechová

Anotace

V originále

Objectives: Stroke predominantly affects the elderly. Universities of the Third Age (U3A) are presented with an opportunity to target them. The goal of our study was to improve older adults' preparedness to call 911 as a response to symptoms of stroke. Materials and Methods: Participants were recruited from U3A in Brno, Czech Republic in year 2018. The program included an educational movie about stroke and testing with pretest posttest design. Stroke awareness was measured by Stroke Action Test and video-clips portraying stroke and stroke mimicking symptoms. Respondents had to answer close-ended questions. Composite scores were com-pared using paired t-test. Results: Data were obtained from 206 attendees of the pro-gram, that is 2% of all students, from 4 of 5 U3A in Brno. The mean test score improved from 80% to 87% (paired p < 0.001). Participants with a lower baseline knowledge improved by 12% (95% CI 9% to 16%) and with a higher baseline knowledge by 0% (95% CI 3% to 4%). The score for calling 911 for stroke mimicking symptoms improved from 29% to 20% (paired p < 0.001). Conclusions: Video-based educational program improved senior preparedness to call 911 as a response to stroke. The improvement was mild, which is at least partly due to a high baseline level of preparedness of seniors active in U3A. A lower baseline knowledge was however associated with a bigger improvement, which might be important for use in a less active/educated population. Educational intervention also decreased inten-tion to call 911 for stroke mimicking symptoms, which could have important impli-cations for decreasing unnecessary activation of pre-hospital services.