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Título

Recognizing and reacting to a hypothetical stroke scenario in Brazil's Northeast

Resumo

Introduction: Recognizing the alarming signs of stroke is the first step to starting a proper treatment reaction chain.
Objectives: We aimed to assess the frequency of awareness of the laypeople on recognition and reaction to stroke.
Methods: Cross-sectional survey-based study, which data was collected in 2020, in twelve cities of Brazil’s Northeast. The participants were exposed to a stroke case study and then responded to an open-ended semi-structured questionnaire to evaluate their stroke knowledge.
Results: A total of 1,475 subjects were enrolled in this study (52.6% women, 36.2±15.3 years old). 1,220/1,475 (82.7%) recognized the situation as a stroke; 1,148/1,475 (77.8%) would react to it by taking the patient to the emergency room. Of those who recognized the stroke, 19.9% (243/1,220) did not take an appropriate reaction to it, meaning a recognition-reaction gap.
Conclusions: The frequency of stroke recognition and reaction to it were acceptable, but could be improved. The recognition-reaction gap needs to be addressed by specific campaigns focusing on time-sensitivity aspects for successful stroke outcomes.

Área

Doença Cerebrovascular

Autores

MARIO LUCIANO MELO SILVA JUNIOR, Giuliana Maria Morais Gonzalez, Neila Clediane Sousa Menezes, Roberto Carlos Sousa Alves Junior, Yuri Almeida Oliveira, Caline Almeida Barbosa, Rômulo Martins Ferreira Santos, Rasec Kayan Oliveira Santos, Marcos Vinícius de Souza Vilanova