Effects of intensive and moderate public education on knowledge of early stroke symptoms among a Japanese population: The acquisition of stroke knowledge study

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2829-2834

  Morimoto, Akiko ^a   Miyamatsu, Naomi ^a   Okamura, Tomonori ^b   Nakayama, Hirofumi ^c   Toyoda, Kazunori ^d   Suzuki, Kazuo ^e   Toyota, Akihiro ^f   Hata, Takashi ^g   Yamaguchi, Takenori ^c,d  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Stroke Association   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

^f CHUGOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^g SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early stroke symptoms; Knowledge; Leaflet booklet distribution; Public education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JAPANESE; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; WEAKNESS;

EARLY STROKE SYMPTOMS; KNOWLEDGE; LEAFLET/BOOKLET DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC EDUCATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; STROKE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888352065     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001537     Document Type: Article

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