Stroke awareness in Brazil: Alarming results in a community-based study

Stroke

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 292-296

  Pontes Neto, Octávio Marques ^a   Silva, Gisele Sampaio ^c   Feitosa, Marley Ribeiro ^b   De Figueiredo, Nathalie Lôbo ^b   Fiorot Jr , José Antonio ^c   Rocha, Talitha Nery ^d   Massaro, Ayrton Roberto ^c   Leite, João Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Awareness; Education; Emergency medical services; Risk factors; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAZIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT PLANNING; URBAN POPULATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRAZIL; DATA COLLECTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 39349093585     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.107.493908     Document Type: Article

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