Factors associated with perceived of stroke disease in people who exercise at public parks, Bangkok

Abstract

Stroke disease has long been a leading cause of death for Thai people and around the world and currently the death statistics have not decreased. This survey research aimed to study the factors associated with perception of stroke disease in people who exercise at public parks. 380 samples were peoples who exercise at public parks, Bangkok. They were recruited with multistage random sampling. Data was collected using questionnaire, created by the researcher. The questionnaire of perception of stroke risk factors and perceived warning signs had reliability (KR-20) at 0.91 and 0.92 respectively. Data were analyzed by percent, means, standard deviation, c²-test

                The results showed that the samples had moderate level of overall perceptions of stroke disease and categorized by aspect, including perception of stroke risk factors, perceived warning signs at moderate level and they had moderate level of knowledge of cerebrovascular disease.

The factors associated with perceived of stroke disease: Variables of age, marital status, education level, occupation and income, history of chronic non-communicable disease, regularity of exercise and knowledge of cerebrovascular disease were related to perceived of stroke disease in exercise people with statistical significance at the level of 0.05. Suggestions: The public and private organizations of health teams should promote knowledge and perceived of stroke disease in people who exercise at public parks with promoting knowledge using media applications enter information on your mobile phone because most of them can use online media well.