| Autor: |
Diego Alejandro Ortega-Moreno, Fernando Tienda-López, David Loaiza-Pérez, Fernando Chávez-Ríos, Samantha Salinas-Rodríguez, Egla Samantha Sánchez-Peralta, Ana Laura de León-Pérez, Diego Oyervides-Recio, Arely Rodríguez-Salazar, Emmanuel Navarrete Juárez, Fernando Góngora-Rivera |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
International Journal of Medical Students, Vol 11 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2076-6327 |
| DOI: |
10.5195/ijms.2023.2384 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND: Stroke is highly prevalent worldwide; however, the associated symptoms and risk factors are commonly unknown among the general population. No study has been carried out in the Mexican population about the risk of stroke and knowledge of warning signs. AIM: Describe the knowledge of early signs of stroke and their association with the risk of cerebral infarction at 5 and 10 years using the American Stroke Association validated application "Stroke Riskometer." METHODS: Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study including adult outpatients from the Neurology department at "Dr. José Eleuterio González" University Hospital. Anthropometric measurements and vital signs were taken, and the "Stroke Riskometer" was used to calculate the stroke risk at 5 and 10 years. Early signs of stroke were assessed, with emphasis on the acronym "CAMALEON", a mnemonic that includes the three main early signs of Stroke in Spanish. Descriptive statistics were performed. For inferential statistics, Chi-Square test for categorical variables, Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis for numerical variables, Spearman correlation for numerical and ordinal variables were conducted, considering significance at p |
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