Stroke knowledge in an Irish semi-rural community-dwelling cohort and impact of a brief education session

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 629-638

  O'Callaghan, Geraldine ^a   Murphy, Sean ^a   Loane, Dorothy ^a   Farrelly, Evelyn ^a   Horgan, Frances ^b  

^a Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

education; health; Ireland; Risk factors; signs and symptoms; survey; thrombolysis

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IRELAND; KNOWLEDGE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STRESS; SYMPTOM; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; BRAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 84866548965     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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