Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Stroke among Hypertensive Clients

Abstract

Stroke is the sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen. A stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is damaged resulting in abnormal function of brain. The present study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude of stroke among hypertensive clients in village Boparai Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab. 175 hypertensive clients were conveniently selected. Tool consisted of self structured questionnaire to assess the knowledge regarding stroke among diagnosed hypertensive clients. Further, a checklist was used to assess the attitude of hypertensive clients regarding stroke. Results revealed that 86% of hypertensive clients had average knowledge regarding stroke where as 12% had poor knowledge and only 2% had good knowledge regarding stroke. Results also revealed that diabetes mellitus (10.3%) was commonly occurring disorder among hypertensive clients. While talking about attitude, 93% had positive attitude and only 7% had negative attitude regarding prevention of stroke. Hence it can be concluded that in spite of average knowledge, hypertensive clients had positive attitude regarding stroke prevention.