Stroke Awareness in Patients with Incident Stroke Compared to Patients without Stroke or Ischemic Heart Disease

Background: Stroke awareness is known to influence treatment seeking and risk reduction behavior, but there is limited data from Sri Lanka and South Asia. Aim: To describe stroke awareness in incident stroke patients and to compare with patients without stroke and/or ischemic heart disease (IHD) in a Sri Lankan tertiary-care center. Methods: We studied awareness of stroke in all incident stroke patients admitted to a tertiary-care center in Sri Lanka and compared with a group of age- and sex-matched patients without stroke and/or IHD, over 2 years.
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research