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The Effect of Health Education Program on Level of Awareness for Stroke Among Population

NCT03148041 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 90

Last updated 2017-10-19

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Summary

The investigator of this study would like to test the hypothesis of the effectiveness of health education program on level of awareness of stroke among population at risk whom attending the primary health care center in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. The investigator will divide the participants into two groups. The intervention group whom will have the intensive health education program, and the control group whom will have the routine care. Participants will be followed up for 3 months to assess the effect of different health education programs on their level of awareness about stroke. Also The investigator will relate different socioeconomic factors to level of awareness.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

health education program

Intensive health education program for intervention group: 1.The introductory 30 minute Arabic lecture for increase level of the awareness of the participants regarding stroke. Lecture from the USA National Stroke Association, 2011, will be used. The lecture includes the following issues about stroke (1) definition; (2) signs and symptoms; (3) risk factors; (4) treatment; and (5) prevention. 2\. Self-help materials will involve health education brochures regarding stroke and will be distributed for all participants at the time they are attending the lecture. The brochures which will be used for this study will be collected from the World Stroke Day 2016 Brochures, the Arabic version. The routine care for control group: different lecture and brochures will be used

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Taibah University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • farah A mansuri, professor · Taibah University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-11-01
Primary Completion
2017-12-30
Completion
2018-03-02

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