关键词: 效县居民; 卒中; 知晓率

Abstract:

Objective To obtain the information of the current situation of awareness related to the stroke knowledge among the residents in the community of suburban county of Shanghai. Methods The questionnaires of relevant stroke knowledge were conducted in this study to investigate the awareness rate of risk factors and early warning signs of stroke among the residents living in one of the suburban communities of Songjiang District in Shanghai. Results (1) In total of 700 questionnaires which were selected to the standard level and successfully completed, 659 ones were effective. The awareness rate of nine risk factors of stroke:57.2% of residents who answered questions could recognize at least two risk factors 28% of residents were able to recognize at least three risk factors, only 8% of residents were able to recognize at least four risk factors; 19.9%~87.6% of the residents were able to be aware of the fact that hypertension, central (abdominal) obesity, smoking, dyslipidemia can cause ischemic stroke, however 87.6% of residents believed that hypertension is one of risk factors of stroke; but only 4.0%~10.6% of the residents could realize that alcoholism, heart disease, bad life style, e.g. poor diet, lack of exercise can lead to stroke. (2) The awareness circumstance of early warning signs of stroke:the percentage of residents' awareness of early warning signs of stroke in this community is 58.1% ~70.3%. Conclusion The level of residents' awareness of stroke risk factors and early warning signs in the community of suburban county of Shanghai is not significantly high as expected. It is important to provide health education of stroke prevention to the residents in Shanghai suburban community.

Key words: Suburban residents of county; Awareness rate of stroke; Health education