Alaqeel Ahmed, AlAmmari AlBatool, AlSyefi Nourah, Al-Hussain Fawaz, Mohammad Yousef
Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2014 Mar;23(3):500-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.04.011. Epub 2013 May 13.
Stroke is very prevalent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, approaching 43.8 per 100,000 people. Stroke outcome is known to be affected by the level of stroke awareness in the community. We conducted this study to assess the level of stroke awareness in the Saudi population.
A validated survey of 11 questions was used to assess the level of stroke awareness among the Saudi population. The survey was distributed in a 1-month period to every adult Saudi citizen visiting 10 shopping centers, 10 large supermarkets, 4 hospitals, and 2 universities.
Two thousand eight hundred sixty-two people completed the questionnaire (a 78% response rate). One thousand eight hundred forty-four people (64%) were able to define stroke correctly. One thousand four hundred twenty-eight people (49.9%) named mass media as the source of their knowledge. One thousand three hundred one (45.9%) believe stroke and brain death share the same pathologic mechanism and outcome, particularly those <40 years of age (P < .05). Six hundred twenty-two (21.7%) of the respondents correctly chose ≥5 risk factors and made ≤1 error. Five hundred twenty-seven (18.4%) of the participants in this study were able to correctly identify ≥3 symptoms of the list and make ≤1 error.
There is an alarming deficit in the level of stroke awareness in the Saudi population. Urgent public health measures to correct this deficiency are promptly needed.
中风在沙特阿拉伯王国非常普遍，发病率接近每10万人43.8例。已知中风的预后受社区中风知晓水平的影响。我们开展这项研究以评估沙特人群的中风知晓水平。
采用一份经过验证的包含11个问题的调查问卷来评估沙特人群的中风知晓水平。该调查问卷在1个月的时间内分发给前往10个购物中心、10家大型超市、4家医院和2所大学的每一位成年沙特公民。
2862人完成了问卷（应答率为78%）。1844人（64%）能够正确定义中风。1428人（49.9%）称大众媒体是他们获取知识的来源。1301人（45.9%）认为中风和脑死亡具有相同的病理机制和结局，尤其是年龄<40岁的人群（P < .05）。622名（21.7%）受访者正确选择了≥5个危险因素且错误≤1个。本研究中527名（18.4%）参与者能够正确识别列表中≥3种症状且错误≤1个。
沙特人群的中风知晓水平存在令人担忧的不足。迫切需要采取紧急公共卫生措施来纠正这一缺陷。
