AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES
Objective: Ischemic stroke is an emergency, requires prompt and accurate diagnosis to determine the need for urgent hospitalization and specific treatment. This study investigates our hospital’s nurses’ and intern physicians’ knowledge and awareness of ischemic stroke. Method: A questionnaire consis...
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| author | Mustafa Bayraktar Mehmet Nuri Koçak Erdal Tekin Suat Sincan Hüseyin Laçin |
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| description | Objective: Ischemic stroke is an emergency, requires prompt and accurate diagnosis to determine the need for urgent hospitalization and specific treatment. This study investigates our hospital’s nurses’ and intern physicians’ knowledge and awareness of ischemic stroke. Method: A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions evaluating stroke awareness, the symptoms, first intervention, transportation and first treatment approaches, was completed by 110 volunteer participants (55 nurses and 55 intern physicians). Results: The rate of stroke awareness of nurses was 51.1%. In terms of knowledge concerning the first assessment of the patients, it was a remarkable result that the detection of hypoglycemia, opening two vascular access routes and not interfering with hypertension scored a very low rate of 20.9% in nurses. The correct answer rate of intern physicians to the questionnaire was 77.6%. Statistically, there was no significance between the responses of the nurses and the intern physicians in terms of age, occupational duration, stroke intervention and stroke training history (p>0.05). Conclusion: All healthcare professionals should be trained in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, the necessity of measuring fingertip blood glucose, not to interfere with hypertension and understanding the value of thrombolytic treatment in the first 4.5 hours. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-458ec5a2ddb44e8ab8a6ba1450f022992025-08-20T03:53:18ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1305-64412021-01-01841768210.26650/IUITFD.2019.0104123456AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSESMustafa Bayraktar0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-9915Mehmet Nuri Koçak1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0828-520XErdal Tekin2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6158-0286Suat Sincan3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3170-2753Hüseyin Laçin4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8927-0669Atatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum, TurkiyeAtatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum, TurkiyeAtatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum, TurkiyeAtatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum, TurkiyeAtatürk Üniversitesi, Erzurum, TurkiyeObjective: Ischemic stroke is an emergency, requires prompt and accurate diagnosis to determine the need for urgent hospitalization and specific treatment. This study investigates our hospital’s nurses’ and intern physicians’ knowledge and awareness of ischemic stroke. Method: A questionnaire consisting of 10 questions evaluating stroke awareness, the symptoms, first intervention, transportation and first treatment approaches, was completed by 110 volunteer participants (55 nurses and 55 intern physicians). Results: The rate of stroke awareness of nurses was 51.1%. In terms of knowledge concerning the first assessment of the patients, it was a remarkable result that the detection of hypoglycemia, opening two vascular access routes and not interfering with hypertension scored a very low rate of 20.9% in nurses. The correct answer rate of intern physicians to the questionnaire was 77.6%. Statistically, there was no significance between the responses of the nurses and the intern physicians in terms of age, occupational duration, stroke intervention and stroke training history (p>0.05). Conclusion: All healthcare professionals should be trained in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, the necessity of measuring fingertip blood glucose, not to interfere with hypertension and understanding the value of thrombolytic treatment in the first 4.5 hours.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/C72A873DA0984680992105812DEE4A1Bstrokeischemiaawarenessdiagnosismedical educationnursing educationerzurum |
| spellingShingle | Mustafa Bayraktar Mehmet Nuri Koçak Erdal Tekin Suat Sincan Hüseyin Laçin AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES İstanbul Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi stroke ischemia awareness diagnosis medical education nursing education erzurum |
| title | AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| title_full | AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| title_fullStr | AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| title_full_unstemmed | AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| title_short | AN INVESTIGATION OF STROKE AWARENESS AND APPROACHES TO STROKE PATIENTS IN INTERN PHYSICIANS AND NURSES |
| title_sort | investigation of stroke awareness and approaches to stroke patients in intern physicians and nurses |
| topic | stroke ischemia awareness diagnosis medical education nursing education erzurum |
| url | https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/C72A873DA0984680992105812DEE4A1B |
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