Kosuke Matsuzono1, Chiaki Yokota2, Hidehiro Takekawa1, Tomonori Okamura1, Naomi Miyamatsu1, Hirofumi Nakayama1, Kunihiro Nishimura1, Satoshi Ohyama1, Akiko Ishigami1, Kosuke Okumura1, Kazunori Toyoda1, Yoshihiro Miyamoto1, Kazuo Minematsu1. 1. From the Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan (K. Matsuzono, C.Y., S.O., A.I., K.O., K.T., K. Minematsu); Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan (H.T.); Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (T.O.); Department of Clinical Nursing, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan (N.M.); Japan Stroke Association, Osaka, Japan (H.N.); and Departments of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics (K.N., Y.M.) and Preventive Cardiology (Y.M.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. 2. From the Department of Cerebrovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan (K. Matsuzono, C.Y., S.O., A.I., K.O., K.T., K. Minematsu); Department of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan (H.T.); Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (T.O.); Department of Clinical Nursing, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan (N.M.); Japan Stroke Association, Osaka, Japan (H.N.); and Departments of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiologic Informatics (K.N., Y.M.) and Preventive Cardiology (Y.M.), National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan. cyokota@ncvc.go.jp.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Educating the youth about stroke is a promising approach for spreading stroke knowledge. The aim of this study was to verify communication of stroke knowledge to parents by educating junior high school students about stroke. METHODS: We enrolled 1127 junior high school students (age, 13-15 years) and their parents in the Tochigi prefecture, Japan. All students received a stroke lesson, watched an animated cartoon, and read the related Manga comic as educational aids. The students took back home the Manga and discussed what they learned with their parents. Questionnaires on stroke knowledge were given to all at baseline and immediately after the lesson. RESULTS: A total of 1125 students and 915 parents answered the questionnaires. In the students, the frequency of correct answers increased significantly for all questions on stroke symptoms except for headache, and for all questions on risk factors after the lesson. In the parents, the correct answer rates increased for stroke symptoms except for headache and numbness in one side of the body, and for all questions on risk factors except for hypertension. Ninety-one percent of students and 92.7% of parents correctly understood the Face, Arm, Speech, and Time (FAST) mnemonic after the lesson. CONCLUSIONS: Improvement of stroke knowledge immediately after the stroke lesson was observed in parents as well as their children, which indicated that our teaching materials using the Manga was effective in delivering the stroke knowledge to parents through their children.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Educating the youth about stroke is a promising approach for spreading stroke knowledge. The aim of this study was to verify communication of stroke knowledge to parents by educating junior high school students about stroke. METHODS: We enrolled 1127 junior high school students (age, 13-15 years) and their parents in the Tochigi prefecture, Japan. All students received a stroke lesson, watched an animated cartoon, and read the related Manga comic as educational aids. The students took back home the Manga and discussed what they learned with their parents. Questionnaires on stroke knowledge were given to all at baseline and immediately after the lesson. RESULTS: A total of 1125 students and 915 parents answered the questionnaires. In the students, the frequency of correct answers increased significantly for all questions on stroke symptoms except for headache, and for all questions on risk factors after the lesson. In the parents, the correct answer rates increased for stroke symptoms except for headache and numbness in one side of the body, and for all questions on risk factors except for hypertension. Ninety-one percent of students and 92.7% of parents correctly understood the Face, Arm, Speech, and Time (FAST) mnemonic after the lesson. CONCLUSIONS: Improvement of stroke knowledge immediately after the stroke lesson was observed in parents as well as their children, which indicated that our teaching materials using the Manga was effective in delivering the stroke knowledge to parents through their children.
Authors: Fidel Meira; Daiane Magalhães; Luiz Sérgio da Silva; Ana Clara Mendonça E Silva; Gisele Sampaio Silva Journal: Cerebrovasc Dis Extra Date: 2018-05-22