Knowledge, percepton and behaviour practices among surviving stroke patients and their carers at KCH
Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the world after heart diseases and cancers. Annually, 15 million people worldwide suffer from stroke. Out of these, 5 million attain optimal recovery, 5 million die, and 5 million suffer from a long lasting disability, placing a huge burden on famili...
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Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
2022
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| Online Access: | http://nkhokwe.kuhes.ac.mw/handle/20.500.12845/607 |
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Add Tag | Summary: | Stroke is the third most common cause of death in the world after heart diseases and cancers. Annually, 15 million people worldwide suffer from stroke. Out of these, 5 million attain optimal recovery, 5 million die, and 5 million suffer from a long lasting disability, placing a huge burden on families and communities, other studies suggest that cases of fatality in those who develop a stroke are more in Sub-Saharan Africa than in developed countries. Sub1 Saharan Africa is the term used to describe all those countries in the African continent that are not considered part of North Africa. Tanzania, a Sub-Saharan African country found in East Africa, faces challenges relating to the outcomes of stroke, similar to other Sub-Saharan countries. According to the World Health Organization report of the year 2003 the major cause of stroke worldwide is old age whilst in Africa and many developing nations, lower life expectancy and rapidly changing lifestyles, mostly caused by differences in public health and access to health care, medicine, nutritional diet, exercise, tobacco smoking, and excessive drug and alcohol use are among the major cause of stroke. In Malawi lack of knowledge on risk factors, high HIV prevalence and low life expectance are among some causes of stroke. The aim of this study was to describe the knowledge, perception and behavior practices among surviving stroke patients and their Cares at Kamuzu Central Hospital. The study design that was used was qualitative, and a purposive sample of five survivors and five participated in the study. The selected participants had attended rehabilitation services at KCH for not less than two months, and were able to communicate verbally. Consent from the research publication centre, director of KCH and the participant was sought. Participants were assured of privacy and confidentiality throughout the study. Codes instead of names were used to hide patient's identity. An interview guide was used for data collection. Data was collected by the researcher and recorded through writing and audiotapes to capture all the information from the participants. This information was only accessible to the researcher and the supervisor to maintain confidentiality. The entire data collection processes was done for two weeks . Content analysis was used as a method of data analysis. The findings of this study have reveled that there is little known by the public about stroke and that there are few health providers to provide rehabilitation services to the public. It is also revealed that health provides do not give enough health information to patients as it is required of them. In addition, the participants had different perception of the illness. Therefore, health
professionals will have to be more involved in not only treating the patients' symptoms, but
also educating patients, caregivers as well as the general public on the consequences of stroke. |
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