Effect of an educational program on illness perception and emergency management of stroke symptoms among individuals with stroke risk factors
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This quasi-experimental study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational program on illness perception and stroke emergency symptoms management among individuals at risk. A purposive sample of 60 patients was recruited and divided into a control group and an experimental group, consisted of 30 participants per group. The research instrument was an educational program, yielding a content validity index of .77. Data collection tools included (1) a personal data record form; (2) an illness perception questionnaire; and (3) a stroke emergency symptoms management questionnaire. Questionnaires 2 and 3 had content validity indexes of .89 and .85, respectively and reliability values of .82 and .90, respectively. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, paired t-test, and independent t-test.
The results revealed that stroke illness perception mean scores and stroke emergency symptoms management mean score of the experimental group after receiving the educational program were significantly higher than before receiving the program (t-test 1.87, p < .05 and t-test 3.16, p < .05, respectively). Before receiving the educational program, stroke illness perception and stroke emergency symptoms management mean scores of the control and experimental groups were not significantly different (t 1.15, p .26 and t 1.52, p .13, respectively). After receiving the educational program, the experimental group had significantly higher mean scores on stroke illness perception and stroke emergency symptoms management than the control group (t 4.25, p < .001 and t 4.93, p < .001, respectively). In conclusion, this educational program could effectively promote awareness and improve skills on managing stroke emergencies among at-risk individuals.
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