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Published on: December 29, 2023
Continuity and Change in Baseline Stroke Knowledge across the world: Second Wave of FAST Heroes campaign
Jan van der Merwe1, Kalliopi Tsakpounidou2, Maria Baskini2
1Boehringer Ingelheim International Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), Healthcare Affairs and Patient Engagement, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany; Department of Educational and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Egnatia Str 156, Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece.
Objectives:
In this work we present the results of the implementation of a globally representative educational school-based stroke awareness programme, FAST (Face, Arm, Speech, Time) Heroes during the second year of education (wave 2). We aimed to observe changes in baseline stroke knowledge between wave 1 and wave 2, distinguish the more fine-grained effect of the campaign on society, and evaluate changes before and after the implementation of wave 2.
Materials And Methods:
In wave 2, parents of school-aged children completed an online stroke preparedness questionnaire before (t1) and after (t2) programme implementation. Results between the time points were analyzed with descriptive statistics alongside changes in baseline knowledge between waves 1 and 2.
Results:
1,611 parents participated in wave 2. Parents increased their knowledge of three stroke symptoms from 69% to 87% (p<.001). Their knowledge of the designated emergency number rose from 75% (t1) to 88% (t2) (p<.001). A 17% increase in baseline knowledge occurred in stroke symptoms identified correctly between wave 1 (11 countries) and 2 (18 countries).
Conclusions:
Results support the precision and usability of the data collection approach in measuring the change in stroke knowledge between implementation waves. The increased baseline knowledge concerning stroke symptoms in wave 2 needs further examination.
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