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

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00159816%3A_____%2F21%3A00075073" target="_blank" >RIV/00159816:_____/21:00075073 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/21:00122750

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1052305721004523?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1052305721004523?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106047" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2021.106047</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

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

Original language description

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&apos; 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 &lt; 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 &lt; 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.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)

Project

<a href="/en/project/LQ1605" target="_blank" >LQ1605: Translational Medicine</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Stroke &amp; Cerebrovascular Diseases

ISSN

1052-3057

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

30

Issue of the periodical within the volume

11

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000704379900017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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