Investigation of an alternative education module in raising middle school student's awareness of acute stroke.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
; 225: 107565, 2023 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2245704
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Public knowledge and recognition of stroke and prompt calls to ambulance services when stroke is suspected are vital to the survival of stroke patients and to minimize their disability. In this study, our aim was to investigate the effectiveness of an online education session to increase middle school (11-14-year-old) students' awareness of stroke.METHODS:
An interactive education session was organized for students using the online education portal of a local middle school. The effectiveness of this intervention was measured using knowledge measurement tests before, immediately after, and three months after the session. The compliance of the data with the normal distribution was checked with the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The McNemar chi-square analysis was used to compare the distribution of correct and incorrect answers among the tests, and one-way analysis of variance was conducted to compare the mean values of correct answers.RESULTS:
The students' stroke knowledge levels were found to be higher in both tests applied after the educational session and all the questions compared to the baseline evaluation. Stroke awareness was also determined to be higher among the students living with a family member aged over 65 years.CONCLUSIONS:
Online interactive education can increase students' awareness of stroke. Such programs can be included in the education curriculum of schools. Public awareness of vital diseases should continue even in extraordinary situations, such as pandemics.Keywords
Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Education
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Stroke
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Adolescent
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Aged
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Child
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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