A Descriptive Study to Assess the Awareness Regarding Risk Factors and Prevention of Cerebro-Vascular Accident (Stroke) Among People in an Urban Community of Jhunjhunu District with A View to Develop a Self Instructional Module

Abstract

Introduction : Human nervous system is a highly specialized system responsible for the control and integration of body's activities. Whenever there is an inadequate blood flow to the part of the brain, it causes the death of brain cells resulting in stroke. Thus leading to serious long term disability such as impairment of movement, sensation and emotions that were controlled by the affected area of the brain. Methodology :  Descriptive research design is used in this study. The sample consisting of 100 adults. In this study, the sample was selected through a Non-probability convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted on adults living in an urban community of Surajgarh, Jhunjhunu district. The data was collected by self-structured   awareness questionnaires. Results :  The data was analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The data finding shows that 4 % of the total samples have poor awareness, 48 % samples have average awareness and 48 % samples have good level of awareness regarding risk factors and prevention of cerebro-vascular accident (stroke). Analysis of awareness score revealed that the highest mean percentage obtained by the people aged above 18 years and above was 67.73% with SD of 4.03. Conclusions : After the detailed analysis of this study, the result shows that there is an average awareness regarding risk factors and prevention of cerebro-vascular accident (stroke) among people in an urban community of Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan. There is significant association between awareness score and socio-demographic variable such as Gender and Educational status at 0.05 level of significance. There is no significant association between awareness score and socio-demographic variable such as Age, Marital status, Occupation, Monthly income and Source of information at s0.05 level of significance.