Knowledge of Stroke Risk Factors among Nigerians at High Risk

Wahab, Kolawole; Kayode, Olabode O.; Musa, Omotosho Ibrahim

doi:10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2014.07.053

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“…These ndings are suggestive that middle aged adults are more likely to seek health-related information than young individuals. In uence of age on CVD knowledge has also been reported by other studies conducted in SSA [37,43,55]. As expected, participants with higher education level and with formal employment were more knowledgeable about risk factors and warning signs compared to their counterparts.…”

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confidence: 82%

Public Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults in Rural Tanzania

Muhihi

Anaeli

Mpembeni

et al. 2020

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Background: Improvement in cardiovascular health requires public knowledge and reduction of modifiable cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. This study assessed knowledge of risk factors and warning signs for CVDs in a general population of young and middle-aged adults in rural Morogoro, Tanzania.Methods: We conducted a community-based survey as part of cluster randomized controlled study of community health workers (CHWs) intervention for reduction of blood pressure among young and middle-aged adults in rural Morogoro. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge of risk factors and warning signs for CVDs was collected using an interviewer administered questionnaire. Knowledge was assessed using open-ended questions followed by closed-ended questions. Descriptive statistics were used to describe knowledge of risk factors and warning signs. Logistic regression analysis was used to investigate factors associated with adequate knowledge of risk factors and warning signs for CVDs.Results: Two-thirds (65.7%) of the participants had heard about CVDs. The main sources of information were mainly relatives/ neighbors (64.8%) and radio (53.0%). Only 28.3% of the participants reported health care providers as source of information about CVDs. More than half of the participants (52.4%) did not mention even one risk factor spontaneously while 55.2% were unable to mention any warning sign. When asked to select from a list, 6.9% were unable to correctly identify any risk factor whereas 11.8% could not correctly identify even a single warning sign. Overall, 25.4% of participants had good knowledge score of risk factors while 17.5% had good knowledge score of warning signs. Residing in Ulanga, having higher education level, having ever checked blood pressure and being overweight/obese predicted adequacy of knowledge score for both risk factors and warning signs.Conclusion: Knowledge of risk factors and warning signs in this rural population of young and middle-aged adults was generally poor. Health care providers were less likely to provide health education regarding risk factors and warning signs for CVDs. Health promotion interventions to increase population knowledge of risk factors and warning signs should be implemented for successful reduction of CVDs in Tanzania.

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confidence: 82%

Public Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults in Rural Tanzania

Muhihi

Anaeli

Mpembeni

et al. 2020

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“…This is similar to a study in Uganda where as much as 76% did not recognize stroke as a disease of the brain [42]. The heart was incorrectly identified by 54% of the respondents as the injured organ during stroke [43] in Nigeria 29% did not recognize the brain as the organ affected [36]. There is also poor knowledge of the risk factors of stroke.…”

Section: Face the Fact: Stroke Is Treatable Awareness Access Actionsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…On Further examination, over 70% (n>485) of the respondents in the study from Ghana either believed that lifestyle alterations can be made to reduce the risk of stroke, or stroke is a preventable disease, or stroke requires emergency treatment [35]. Majority (83.0%) of the respondents in one the Nigerian studies indicated that stroke was preventable whereas only 37.1% of them were aware of stroke recurrence [43]. In all, the general awareness of stroke is poor.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…None of the study participants identified cigarette smoking as a stroke risk factor [42]. The most common stroke risk factors listed by the respondents in one Nigerian study were hypertension (78.2%) stress (59.9%) and old age (58.3%) [43] while only 39.8% in another study were able to mention at least 1 well-documented modifiable or potentially modifiable risk factor; hypertension though still the most recognized was by a mere 34.7% of the respondents. Other risk factors mentioned by the respondents were: diabetes (7.3%), alcohol intake (4.5%), smoking (3.8%), overweight and obesity (1.9%) and heart disease (0.6%) [44].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Challenges of the Management of Stroke in Sub Saharan Africa: Evaluating Awareness, Access and Action

Ekeh¹

2017

J Pediatr Neurol Med

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“…Los entrevistados no reconocieron la relación entre sobrepeso-obesidad y evento vascular cerebral, hallazgo similar al encontrado por Wahab (13) en Nigeria, quien encontró en pacientes con alto riesgo cardiovascular un conocimiento deficiente en enfermedad cerebrovascular, menor en hombres. Este hallazgo demuestra la necesidad de educar a Portocarrero-Flores D. y col.…”

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Conocimientos, actitudes y creencias en personas con sobrepeso-obesidad sobre riesgo cardiovascular en Lambayeque, Perú

Portocarrero-Flores¹,

Zamora-Silva²,

León-Jiménez³

2016

Rev Med Hered

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RESUMENObjetivo: Explorar los conocimientos, creencias y actitudes sobre riesgo cardiovascular en personas con sobrepesoobesidad en el distrito de Chiclayo. Material y métodos: Estudio cualitativo de enfoque etnográfico. Muestreo no probabilístico en bola de nieve, saturación de la muestra en 23 participantes. Las entrevistas fueron grabadas y transcritas, analizando su contenido y organizando la información en categorías. Resultados: La mayoría no reconocían a la obesidad como una enfermedad, pero sí como un factor de riesgo para desarrollar enfermedad coronaria; otros no conocían el significado de la palabra o la confundían con hábitos alimentarios inadecuados. La mayoría mencionaron que su estado de salud era "malo". Algunos consideraron que el ser obesos de niños y continuar siéndolo de adultos era "normal", sin riesgo para su salud. La referencia de incomodidades para las actividades de la vida diaria debido a obesidad fue frecuente. Se mencionó el origen exclusivamente genético de los problemas cardiacos, independientemente del peso. Conclusiones: Las mujeres mostraron mayor preocupación por su salud y conceptos similares a los varones independientemente del grado de instrucción. Los participantes reconocieron tener exceso de peso; consideraron al sobrepeso-obesidad como factores de riesgo pero no como enfermedades. El infarto de miocardio fue el evento cardiovascular más relacionado con obesidad. Los participantes no mencionaron a la enfermedad cerebrovascular como un evento frecuente.PALABRAS CLAVE: Conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas en salud, obesidad, enfermedades cardiovasculares.(Fuente: DeCS BIREME). SUMMARYObjective: To explore the knowledge, attitudes and believes in overweight people on cardiovascular risk in the district of Chiclayo. Methods: Qualitative an ethnographic study. A probabilistic snowball sample with saturation of 23 participants was carried-out. Interviews were recorded and transcript, analyzing its content in categories.Results: Most of the participants did not know that obesity was a disease, but realized it was a risk factor to develop coronary artery disease; other participants did not know the meaning of the word or confused it with inadequate feeding habits. Most of the participants mentioned that their health status was bad. Some considered that being obese since childhood was normal, with no risk for their health. Reference to uncomfortable situations during routine daily

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Knowledge of Stroke Risk Factors among Nigerians at High Risk

Cited by 28 publications

References 12 publications

Public Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults in Rural Tanzania

Public Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs for Cardiovascular Disease Among Young and Middle-Aged Adults in Rural Tanzania

Challenges of the Management of Stroke in Sub Saharan Africa: Evaluating Awareness, Access and Action

Conocimientos, actitudes y creencias en personas con sobrepeso-obesidad sobre riesgo cardiovascular en Lambayeque, Perú

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