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Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria

INTRODUCTION: Stroke has become a problem of public health importance worldwide. Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients are important in the control of the disease. In Nigeria, recent reports indicate an emerging epidemic of stroke. This study a...

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Autores principales: Arisegi, Sarafadeen Adeniyi, Awosan, Kehinde Joseph, Oche, Mansur Oche, Sabir, Anas Ahmad, Ibrahim, Mohammed Taofeek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875944
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.63.13252
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author Arisegi, Sarafadeen Adeniyi
Awosan, Kehinde Joseph
Oche, Mansur Oche
Sabir, Anas Ahmad
Ibrahim, Mohammed Taofeek
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Awosan, Kehinde Joseph
Oche, Mansur Oche
Sabir, Anas Ahmad
Ibrahim, Mohammed Taofeek
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description INTRODUCTION: Stroke has become a problem of public health importance worldwide. Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients are important in the control of the disease. In Nigeria, recent reports indicate an emerging epidemic of stroke. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients in Sokoto, Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study among 248 patients attending hypertension and diabetes clinic of Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, selected by systematic sampling technique. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the research variables. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20 statistical package. RESULTS: The mean age of respondents was 48.21 ± 15.07 years and they were predominantly females (65.7%). The respondents had good knowledge of stroke (70.3%), organs or parts of body affected by stroke (89.1%), signs or symptoms of stroke (87.0%), stroke risk factors (86.6%) and stroke prevention (90.8%). Formal education was the sole predictor of good knowledge of signs or symptoms of stroke (aOR = 3.99, 95% CI = 1.58-10.13, p = 0.004), stroke risk factors (aOR = 4.24, 95% CI = 1.68-10.67, p = 0.002) and stroke prevention (aOR = 3.45, 95% CI = 1.09-10.93, p = 0.035). Stroke prevention practices were sub-optimal and significantly associated with formal education and being employed. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest the need for all stakeholders to focus on both patients' education and empowerment in halting the rising burden of stroke across the globe.
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spelling pubmed-59871572018-06-06 Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria Arisegi, Sarafadeen Adeniyi Awosan, Kehinde Joseph Oche, Mansur Oche Sabir, Anas Ahmad Ibrahim, Mohammed Taofeek Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: Stroke has become a problem of public health importance worldwide. Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients are important in the control of the disease. In Nigeria, recent reports indicate an emerging epidemic of stroke. This study aimed to determine the knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients in Sokoto, Nigeria. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study among 248 patients attending hypertension and diabetes clinic of Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria, selected by systematic sampling technique. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the research variables. Data were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 20 statistical package. RESULTS: The mean age of respondents was 48.21 ± 15.07 years and they were predominantly females (65.7%). The respondents had good knowledge of stroke (70.3%), organs or parts of body affected by stroke (89.1%), signs or symptoms of stroke (87.0%), stroke risk factors (86.6%) and stroke prevention (90.8%). Formal education was the sole predictor of good knowledge of signs or symptoms of stroke (aOR = 3.99, 95% CI = 1.58-10.13, p = 0.004), stroke risk factors (aOR = 4.24, 95% CI = 1.68-10.67, p = 0.002) and stroke prevention (aOR = 3.45, 95% CI = 1.09-10.93, p = 0.035). Stroke prevention practices were sub-optimal and significantly associated with formal education and being employed. CONCLUSION: These findings suggest the need for all stakeholders to focus on both patients' education and empowerment in halting the rising burden of stroke across the globe. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2018-01-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5987157/ /pubmed/29875944 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.63.13252 Text en © Sarafadeen Adeniyi Arisegi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Awosan, Kehinde Joseph
Oche, Mansur Oche
Sabir, Anas Ahmad
Ibrahim, Mohammed Taofeek
Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title_full Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title_fullStr Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title_short Knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria
title_sort knowledge and practices related to stroke prevention among hypertensive and diabetic patients attending specialist hospital, sokoto, nigeria
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5987157/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29875944
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2018.29.63.13252
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