Effectiveness of an Intervention to Improve Risk Factor Knowledge in Patients With Stroke [Brief Report]

Conclusions—Overall knowledge of risk factors of stroke or transient ischemic attack was better in the intervention group than controls. However, knowledge was generally poor. New and more effective strategies are required, especially in subgroups identified as having poor knowledge.Clinical Trial Registration—URL: http://www.anzctr.org.au. Unique identifier: ACTRN12608000166370.

Source: Stroke - March 27, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Muideen T. Olaiya, Dominique A. Cadilhac, Joosup Kim, David Ung, Mark R. Nelson, Velandai K. Srikanth, Christopher F. Bladin, Richard P. Gerraty, Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Thanh Phan, Judith Frayne, Amanda G. Thrift Tags: Clinical Studies, Risk Factors, Secondary Prevention, Nursing, Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke Brief Reports Source Type: research