Stroke Education in an Emergency Department Waiting Room: a Comparison of Methods
| Autor: | Steven R. Levine, Yu-Feng Yvonne Chan, Michael Brimacombe, Susanne Bentley, Sergey B. Zaets, Roxanne Nagurka, Lynne D. Richardson, Ke Hao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics Health (social science) business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:TX341-641 lcsh:RA1-1270 Emergency department Patient education Emergency Department medicine.disease Education Post-intervention Test (assessment) Combination group Physical therapy medicine Original Article Combination method business Stroke education Stroke lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
| Zdroj: | Health Promotion Perspectives, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 34-41 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 2228-6497 |
| Popis: | Background: Since the emergency department (ED) waiting room hosts a large, captive audience of patients and visitors, it may be an ideal location for conduct-ing focused stroke education. The aim of this study was to assess the effective-ness of various stroke education methods.Methods: Patients and visitors of an urban ED waiting room were randomized into one of the following groups: video, brochure, one-to-one teaching, combi-nation of these three methods, or control group. We administered a 13-question multiple-choice test to assess stroke knowledge prior to, immediately after, and at 1 month post-education to patients and visitors in the ED waiting room.Results: Of 4 groups receiving education, all significantly improved their test scores immediately post intervention (test scores 9.4±2.5-10.3±2.0, P |
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