Archives of Medicine and Surgery

ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Year
: 2018  |  Volume : 3  |  Issue : 1  |  Page : 30--34

Awareness of stroke and knowledge of its risk factors among respondents in Shika community, Kaduna State, Nigeria


Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba1, Yahaya Mohammed2, Shamsudeen Suleiman Yahaya3, Lawal Amadu4, Jimoh Mohammed Ibrahim1, Mary Ojonema Onoja-Alexander1 
1 Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
2 Department of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria, Nigeria
3 Katsina State Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Katsina State Ministry of Health, Katsina, Nigeria
4 Nigerian Field and Laboratory Training Program, Abuja, Nigeria

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Abdulhakeem Abayomi Olorukooba
Department of Community Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Nigeria

Context: Reduction in risk of stroke is possible through prevention, modification, or treatment of the emerging or established modifiable risk factors. Aims: The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge regarding stroke risk factors and factors affecting this knowledge among residents of Shika, Zaria. Settings and Design: A community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted among 133 respondents in Shika community. Subjects and Methods: A pretested, semi-structured, interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to obtain data from the respondents. Statistical Analysis Used: Data were analyzed using IBM-SPSS version 21. Descriptive summary statistics such as mean and standard deviation (SD) were used to present numeric data such as age while frequencies and proportions were used for categorical data such as knowledge level. Chi-square test and Fischer's exact test were used to determine the association between categorical variables at a significant level of P< 0.05. Results: Majority of the respondents were males (64.7%), with a mean (± SD) age of 33 ± 14 years, and had tertiary education (46.6%). About 82.0% of them had ever heard of stroke. Only 21.8% of respondents had good knowledge (any respondent able to identify ≥2 established factors) of stroke risk factors. There was a statistically significant relationship between knowledge of stroke risk factors and gender of respondents (P = 0.04, χ2 = 6.25) as well as with the educational status of respondents (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Knowledge of stroke risk factors was found to be poor among the respondents, and educational status and gender of respondents were found to be associated factors. To increase public knowledge of stroke, community-based educational strategies based on the results of this study should focus on people with poor educational background.


How to cite this article:
Olorukooba AA, Mohammed Y, Yahaya SS, Amadu L, Ibrahim JM, Onoja-Alexander MO. Awareness of stroke and knowledge of its risk factors among respondents in Shika community, Kaduna State, Nigeria.Arch Med Surg 2018;3:30-34


How to cite this URL:
Olorukooba AA, Mohammed Y, Yahaya SS, Amadu L, Ibrahim JM, Onoja-Alexander MO. Awareness of stroke and knowledge of its risk factors among respondents in Shika community, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Arch Med Surg [serial online] 2018 [cited 2024 Mar 28 ];3:30-34
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