Background
The purpose of this study was to determine whether our stroke education system can
help junior high school students acquire stroke knowledge when performed by a schoolteacher.
Methods
A stroke neurologist gave a stroke lesson to 25 students (S group) and a schoolteacher
through our stroke education system. After instruction, the schoolteacher performed
the same lesson using the same education system to another 75 students (T group).
Questionnaires on stroke knowledge were examined at baseline, immediately after the
lesson (IL), and at 3 months after the lesson (3M). We analyzed the results of stroke
knowledge assessment by linear mixed effects models adjusted for gender and class
difference using the student number.
Results
We assessed 24 students in the S group and 72 students in the T group. There were
no significant differences in the changes of predicted scores of symptoms and risk
factors adjusted for gender, class difference, and each student knowledge level until
3M between the 2 groups. Correct answer rates for the meaning of the FAST (facial
droop, arm weakness, speech disturbance, time to call 119) at IL were 92% in the S
group and 72% in the T group, respectively. At 3M, they were 83% in the S group and
84% in the T group. The correct answer rates of FAST at 3M were not significantly
different adjusted for group, gender, class difference, and correct answer rate at
IL.
Conclusions
A schoolteacher can conduct the FAST message lesson to junior high school students
with a similar outcome as a stroke neurologist using our stroke education system.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 06, 2014
Accepted:
November 20,
2013
Received:
October 28,
2013
Footnotes
Grant support: This study was supported by Intramural Research Fund of the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (22-4-1).
Disclosures: None.
Identification
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.11.016
Copyright
© 2014 National Stroke Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
