Can Children Reduce Delayed Hospital Arrival for Ischemic Stroke?

Beal, Claudia C.; Flanders, Sonya A.; Bader, Susan Gerding

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“…The most interesting result in our questionnaire was that most of the participants struggled to find the correct answer to Question 2, concerning the appropriate way to act in case of a stroke. This is in accordance with the literature (26,27) that points to the fact that young children generally do not know much about stroke. There are limited local campaigns or educational interventions to increase stroke knowledge as well as the appropriate emergency number in case of a stroke.…”

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Baseline Stroke Literacy of Young Children Based on “FAST 112 Heroes” Program

Tsakpounidou

Psomiadis

Pourliaka

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: Young children are often unaware of emergency health conditions, such as stroke, and could serve as important vehicles to save the lives of their grandparents, who are more likely to suffer a stroke. An important aspect for the evaluation of public awareness on stroke signs and related emergency procedures is to examine the level of baseline stroke knowledge children have and whether they understand when to seek medical care on time.Objective: To examine the level of stroke symptomatology knowledge in children as well as evaluate their preparedness in stroke response before their participation in the educational program “FAST (Face, Arms, Speech, Time) 112 Heroes.”Methods: For the purpose of this work, a questionnaire was developed and adapted to preschoolers' needs. The present study involved 123 children (65 boys, 58 girls, aged 4–6.5 years; mean age: 5.30, S.D.: 0.59) from two cities in Greece. Five multiple-choice animated pictures, that were age-appropriate, were administrated to each child, along with verbal explanations provided by the investigator.Results: More than half of the participants (n = 65, 52.8%) could recognize the symptom of face drooping, 53 children (43.1%) could identify the symptom of arm hemiparesis/hemiplegia and 92 children (74.8%) were able to answer the question regarding speech disturbances. However, the number of correct answers to the question regarding the appropriate course of action in case of a stroke was the lowest among all the questions (10.6% of participants gave a correct answer). Furthermore gender and age did not play a significant role (p = 0.571 and 0.635, respectively).Conclusion: Although more than half of the enrolled preschool children could recognize stroke symptoms before their participation in the educational program, their baseline stroke knowledge, prior to their training, is low. Concurrently, they do not have sufficient knowledge on how to react appropriately in the event of a stroke. Therefore, awareness programs focusing on developing stroke literacy to children are needed, to ensure children will seek urgent medical care in case of a stroke.

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confidence: 92%

Baseline Stroke Literacy of Young Children Based on “FAST 112 Heroes” Program

Tsakpounidou

Psomiadis

Pourliaka

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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“…Unfortunately, this study did not analyze parental data due to low parental participation (17% or 77/462 parents completed testing). The systematic review also found a lack of data supporting the ability of stroke-educated children to recognize and respond appropriately to stroke in the real world, and in their ability to transfer stroke knowledge to the parents 24 . A subsequent school-based RCT involved an intervention delivered to 8 th graders (adolescents) by a neurologist in the form of a stroke lecture 26 .…”

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confidence: 98%

“…One systematic literature review of school-based stroke interventions included 12 studies, which provided data on 3,312 children and 612 parents 24 . The authors found a single RCT (the second RCT reported was an interim analysis of the same study), which enrolled older children in 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grades 25 .…”

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confidence: 99%

Improving Community Stroke Preparedness in the HHS (Hip-Hop Stroke) Randomized Clinical Trial

Williams

Quinn

Teresi

et al. 2018

Stroke

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“…However, further studies are needed in order to identify whether children taking part in these programmes are able to recognize a stroke and to react properly. In addition, further studies are needed to identify the transfer of the knowledge of stroke from children to parents (13)(14)(15).…”

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confidence: 99%

General awareness of stroke in the Czech Republic

Bártlová

Šedová

Rolantová

et al. 2021

Cent Eur J Public Health

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Objective:The main goal of the study was to find out the general public's awareness of stroke, the relations between the awareness of stroke and socio-demographic factors, and awareness of stroke and experience of stroke.Methods: The combination of a non-standardized questionnaire on the stroke prevention and a standardized questionnaire on the identification of the general health literacy (HLSQ-16) was used. The sample was chosen using a quota choice. The sample structure corresponded with the composition of the Czech population with regard to regions, sex and age. These features were determined as representative. The sample consisted of 1,004 respondents.Results: The general awareness of stroke is high in the Czech Republic. Most of the respondents (97.2%) stated that they had ever heard of stroke. This basic awareness is influenced by the sex and marital status of the respondents. Almost one half (42.2%) of the general public would welcome more information on stroke. Women showed significantly higher interest in the information than men. Significantly higher interest could be seen in elderly respondents while younger respondents said significantly more frequently that they were not interested in the information. Married respondents showed a significantly higher degree of awareness. Rural respondents expressed higher interest in the information. The interest in the information dropped with higher education. The interest was significantly influenced by the respondents' sex, place of residence, marital status, and education. Almost 1/4 (24.3%) of respondents mentioned stroke incidence in their families. Our study proved that this incidence significantly varied in dependence on the respondents' sex, age, marital status and education. Further questions were focused on the sources of information on stroke. The most important sources include internet, which was named by nearly one half (48.6%) of respondents, and it was found that women could use the sources of information more frequently than men. Women used all sources of information on stroke (internet, television, families, GPs) more than men. Conclusion:The Czech respondents' interest in stroke is significantly influenced by their sex, age, place of residence, marital status, and the respondents' education. The findings play a role in the focus on preventive activities in this area. It is necessary to implement the general public education not only in general practitioners' offices but also in mass media in order to improve the awareness of stroke.

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Can Children Reduce Delayed Hospital Arrival for Ischemic Stroke?

Cited by 14 publications

References 36 publications

Baseline Stroke Literacy of Young Children Based on “FAST 112 Heroes” Program

Baseline Stroke Literacy of Young Children Based on “FAST 112 Heroes” Program

Improving Community Stroke Preparedness in the HHS (Hip-Hop Stroke) Randomized Clinical Trial

General awareness of stroke in the Czech Republic

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