Investigation on the KAP status of stroke residents in a community of Wenzhou
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2018.04.008
- VernacularTitle:温州市某社区居民脑卒中知信行现状调查
- Author:
Junyi GUO
1
;
Xiaocong YE
;
Haiyu LIN
;
Yisu WANG
Author Information
1. 温州医科大学附属第二医院神经康复科
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Health knowledge,attitudes,practice;
Community residents
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2018;24(4):407-410
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the status of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) about stroke among the residents in a community of Wenzhou, and to clarify the characteristics of the intervention population and the key points for intervention, so as to carry out health education and health promotion, and improve the prevention and treatment of stroke. Methods An investigation was conducted in a total of 658 residents in a community of Wenzhou, aged from 18 to 90. The content of the investigating included the general information, the KAP about stroke, the identification of stroke warning information and the behavior of seeking medical advice. Results The highest and lowest rate of the knowledge about stroke prevention and treatment was 88.68% and 33.54%; the highest and lowest rate of the correct attitude was 79.75% and 32.67%; and the highest and lowest rate of the correct behavior was 56.17% and 10.89%. The differences of KAP in populations with different characteristics were statistically significant (P< 0.01). The top three stroke warning symptoms were one side of the face or limb numbness or weakness (59.57%), consciousness disturbance (59.42%) and comprehension disturbance (59.12%). The thop three emergency seeking hospital service behaviors of stroke were immediate delivery to hospital (19.60%), continued observation (18.54%) and calling ambulance (18.24%). Conclusions The status quo of community residents' KAP of stroke in Wenzhou is at a low level. It is suggested to carry out targeted health education to improve the residents' knowledge of stroke and promote the change of attitude and behavior, so as to prevent or delay the incidence of stroke.
