MD. Resident Physician, Discipline of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
MD. Resident Physician, Department of Surgery, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo, São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Sao Paulo Med J. 2021 Mar-Apr;139(2):117-122. doi: 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0116.R1.18112020.
Stroke is the second leading cause of death in Brazil and the main cause of disability. Inability to identify alarm signals causes delays in seeking emergency services, thereby leading to a worse prognosis.
To assess the population's knowledge of how to recognize and prevent stroke.
Prospective cross-sectional study on data derived from a questionnaire that was administered during the 2016 World Stroke Campaign, launched in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
Data on 806 interviewees were evaluated using descriptive statistics and univariate and multivariate analyses.
Among all the interviewees, 52.1% knew how to conceptualize stroke; 70.07% knew someone who had suffered a stroke; and 29.03% listed three or more risk factors. Only 27.5% mentioned controlling high blood pressure as a preventive measure. In the event of witnessing a stroke, 57.8% would call the emergency service and 2.9% would check the timing. Less educated individuals were 5.6 times more likely (95% confidence interval, CI 3.45-9.02) to have poor knowledge of stroke, compared with the more educated group. Knowing someone who had had a stroke reduced the chances of not knowing the terms relating to the disease (odds ratio, OR = 0.56; 95% CI 0.4-0.78).
Despite the severity and prevalence of stroke, the population still has little information on this disease. In this context, the importance of mounting campaigns to improve prevention and treatment and to contribute to healthcare policies becomes evident.
在巴西，中风是导致死亡的第二大原因，也是导致残疾的主要原因。由于无法识别报警信号，导致寻求紧急服务的时间延迟，从而导致预后更差。
评估公众对识别和预防中风的认知程度。
这是一项针对 2016 年世界中风运动期间在巴西圣保罗市进行的问卷调查数据的前瞻性横断面研究。
使用描述性统计和单变量及多变量分析评估了 806 名受访者的数据。
在所有受访者中，52.1%知道如何概念化中风；70.07%认识曾患过中风的人；29.03%列举了三个或更多的风险因素。只有 27.5%的人提到控制高血压是一种预防措施。如果目睹中风，57.8%的人会拨打急救电话，2.9%的人会检查时间。与受教育程度较高的人群相比，受教育程度较低的人对中风的认知较差的可能性高 5.6 倍（95%置信区间，CI 3.45-9.02）。认识曾患过中风的人会降低不了解与疾病相关术语的几率（比值比，OR = 0.56；95%CI 0.4-0.78）。
尽管中风的严重性和普遍性很高，但公众对这种疾病的了解仍然很少。在这种情况下，开展提高预防和治疗水平的运动，为医疗保健政策做出贡献的重要性变得明显。
