Zeinalzadeh Mina, Atalou Elisa, Ala Alireza, Poureskandari Masoumeh, Shams Vahdati Samad
Anatomy Group, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Emergency and Trauma Care Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
J Caring Sci. 2025 Jun 27;14(2):116-126. doi: 10.34172/jcs.025.33452. eCollection 2025 Jul.
Lack of knowledge about the main clinical manifestations of stroke is a major health problem, which leads to prolongation of the time elapsed from the onset of stroke to hospital admission, late diagnosis and, consequently, delay in the initiation of appropriate treatment. The aim of this review is to investigate the levels of awareness of stroke signs, symptoms and risk factors.
In this study, all articles from January 1990 to December 2023 were included through searching PubMed, EMBASE, Google Scholar, Scopus and WOS databases. Only articles written in English or Persian were entered. The level of awareness of General public (not patients with stroke and not experts) about the warning signs and symptoms of stroke between developed and developing countries has been compared.
The results of this study have shown that the level of awareness of public in developed countries is not differ compared with developing countries.
Overall, there is no discernible correlation between a country's developmental status and the awareness of stroke symptoms by public. Educational initiatives in schools and media are potential strategies to enhance public knowledge.
对中风主要临床表现缺乏了解是一个重大的健康问题，这会导致从中风发作到入院的时间延长、诊断延迟，进而导致开始适当治疗的延误。本综述的目的是调查对中风体征、症状和危险因素的认知水平。
在本研究中，通过检索PubMed、EMBASE、谷歌学术、Scopus和WOS数据库纳入了1990年1月至2023年12月的所有文章。仅纳入用英语或波斯语撰写的文章。比较了发达国家和发展中国家普通公众（非中风患者且非专家）对中风警示体征和症状的认知水平。
本研究结果表明，发达国家公众的认知水平与发展中国家相比没有差异。
总体而言，一个国家的发展状况与公众对中风症状的认知之间没有明显的相关性。学校和媒体的教育举措是提高公众知识水平的潜在策略。
