Türk Beyin Damar Hast Derg. Ahead of Print: TBDHD-58224 | DOI: 10.5505/tbdhd.2024.58224

The Effect of Stroke Awareness Training on Stroke Awareness

Abdul Samet Görgül¹, Hande Bahadir², Aygül Güneþ^1
1Health Sciences University Bursa Yüksek Ýhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic, Bursa, Türkiye
²Health Sciences University Bursa Yüksek Ýhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Public Health Clinic, Bursa, Türkiye

INTRODUCTION: Public awareness of the modifiable risk factors in the etiology of stroke, the symptoms of stroke and what to do in a short time when stroke develops is one of the most important primary prevention measures to reduce negative consequences of the disease. One of the best ways to increase public awareness of stroke and explain its life-saving properties to the public is through public education. In this study, we aimed to measure the effectiveness of public education given to the healthy community in terms of stroke and the relatives of patients who had stroke in the acute or chronic period.
METHODS: The cross-sectional study was first divided into two main groups as training and control groups and the training group was analyzed as pretest-posttest group and the control group was divided into relatives of acute stroke patients and relatives of chronic stroke patients. The data of the training group were collected by the pre-test-post-test method applied to the participants within the "Stroke Awareness Meeting". In the first week following the meeting, the same questionnaire was applied to the relatives of the patients who applied to the stroke center and to the relatives of the patients who came for follow-up in the stroke outpatient clinic.
RESULTS: After the training, the participants' knowledge about what to do when stroke symptoms develop and their knowledge about the health institution where a person who has had a stroke will be taken first increased significantly. In the group of relatives of both patient groups, knowledge about the health institution where a person with a stroke would be taken first, knowledge about the ability of a person with a stroke to return to normal life and knowledge about the frequency of using blood thinners were significantly higher than the pre-training group. In the post-training group, the rates increased and the differences closed, and even the rate of knowledge in many parameters exceeded that of the patient relatives groups.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Stroke is one of the most important public health problems because it is preventable, its harms can be reduced and it has negative health outcomes. Stroke is a very important and preventable health problem in our country with its aging population and the role of educational interventions in prevention and early intervention is important.

Keywords: Stroke, stroke awareness, health education.

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Ýnme Farkýndalýk Eðitiminin Ýnme Bilinçliliðine Etkisi

Abdul Samet Görgül¹, Hande Bahadir², Aygül Güneþ^1
1Saðlýk Bilimleri Üniversitesi Bursa Yüksek Ýhtisas Eðitim ve Araþtýrma Hastanesi, Nöroloji Kliniði, Bursa
²Saðlýk Bilimleri Üniversitesi Bursa Yüksek Ýhtisas Eðitim ve Araþtýrma Hastanesi, Halk Saðlýðý Kliniði, Bursa

GÝRÝÞ ve AMAÇ: Ýnme risk faktörlerinin, semptomlarýnýn ve inme geliþtiðinde kýsa sürede yapýlacaklarýn toplumca bilinmesi hastalýðýn olumsuz sonuçlarýný azaltmada en önemli koruma önlemlerinden biridir. Ýnmenin toplum tarafýndan bilinirliðini arttýrmanýn en iyi yollarýndan biri halk eðitimleridir. Bu çalýþmada inme açýsýndan saðlýklý topluma verilen halk eðitimi ile akut veya kronik dönemde inme geçirmiþ hastalarýn yakýnlarý karþýlaþtýrýlarak eðitimin etkinliðini ölçmeyi amaçladýk.
YÖNTEM ve GEREÇLER: Kesitsel tipteki araþtýrma öncelikle eðitim ve kontrol grubu olarak iki temel gruba ayrýlmýþ ve eðitim grubu analizleri ön test-son test grubu; kontrol grubu da akut inme hastasý yakýný-kronik inme hastasý yakýný olarak ayrýlmýþtýr. Eðitim grubunun verisi “Ýnme Farkýndalýk Toplantýsý” bünyesinde, katýlýmcýlara uygulanan ön test-son test yöntemi ile toplanmýþtýr. Toplantýyý takip eden ilk hafta inme merkezine baþvuran hastalarýn yakýnlarý ve inme polikliniðinde kontrole gelen hastalarýn yakýnlarýna da ayný anket uygulanmýþtýr.
BULGULAR: Eðitim sonrasýnda katýlýmcýlarýn inme semptomlarý geliþtiðinde ne yapacaðý hakkýnda bilgisi ve inme geçiren bir kiþinin ilk olarak götürüleceði saðlýk kurumu hakkýndaki bilgisi anlamlý olarak artmýþtýr. Her iki hasta grubu yakýnlarýný oluþturan grupta da inme geçiren bir kiþinin ilk olarak götürüleceði saðlýk kurumu hakkýndaki bilgisi, inme geçiren bir kiþinin tekrar normal yaþantýsýna dönebilme durumu hakkýndaki bilgisi ve kan sulandýrýcýlar kullanma sýklýðý hakkýndaki bilgisi eðitim öncesi gruba göre anlamlý olarak yüksektir. Eðitim sonrasý grupta oranlar yükselerek aradaki farklar kapanmýþ, hatta birçok parametrede bilme oraný hasta yakýný gruplarýnýn üzerine çýkmýþtýr.
TARTIÞMA ve SONUÇ: Önlenebilir olmasý, zararlarýnýn azaltýlabilir olmasý ve olumsuz saðlýk çýktýlarý ile inme en önemli halk saðlýðý problemlerinden biridir. Yaþlanan nüfusu ile ülkemizde de inme çok önemli ve önlenebilir bir saðlýk sorunudur ve önleme ve erken müdahalede eðitim giriþimlerinin rolü önemlidir.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Ýnme, inme bilinci, saðlýk eðitimi.

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