PMID: 25763582Mar 13, 2015Paper

Patients' knowledge regarding modifiable risk factors of stroke

Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
Magdalena Alina PruszyńskaHenryk Mokołaj Chmielewski

Abstract

Regular physical activity constitutes effective measure of both primary and secondary protection against modern-age diseases. The aim of the paper was to assess the level of patients' knowledge regarding the influence of low physical activity and other modifiable risk factors affecting the increase in stroke occurrence in early stages of rehabilitation (day 9 after the cerebrovascular accident). The aim of the paper was to assess the level of patients' knowledge regarding the influence of low physical activity and other modifiable risk factors affecting the increase in stroke occurrence in early stages of rehabilitation (day 9 after the cerebrovascular accident). The study group included 96 patients hospitalized in the Department of Neurology and Epileptology with Stroke Unit, who were diagnosed with a stroke with motion deficits and who were recommended kinesitherapy. All patients were interviewed, which was complemented with the authors' questionnaire including questions regarding the knowledge of modifiable risk factors of stroke. The risk factor of stoke which was most frequently mentioned by the patients was arterial hypertension - 87 patients (90.6%). Only 7 respondents indicated low physical activity. On average, less ri...Continue Reading

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