Nível de conhecimento de uma determinada população do município de Marília-SP sobre Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC)
Objetivo: Determinar o grau de conhecimento de uma população em relação à enfermidade, com o propósito de promover ações populacionais de educação continuada. Material e Métodos: Trata-se um estudo transversal para investigar o nível de conhecimento de uma amostra de freqüentadores de um supermercado convencional, no município de Marília-SP, sobre fatores relacionados ao AVC, durante uma atividade extracurricular dos membros da Liga Acadêmica de Neurocirurgia, Neurologia e Neurociências da Unimar – LANNNU. Foram entrevistados 122 indivíduos. As perguntas abordaram variáveis necessárias para investigar as noções dos indivíduos sobre AVC, e foram divididas em áreas: 1-conhecimento sobre a fisiopatologia; 2- fatores de risco; 3- conduta imediata e 4- sinais e sintomas. Resultados: Foi verificado que, com relação a fisiopatologia, a população estudada não sabe distinguir adequadamente doenças vasculares cerebrais e cardíacas. Os fatores de risco foram bem identificados, principalmente no tangente ao consumo de drogas, hipertensão arterial sistêmica, estresse, sedentarismo e dieta inadequada. Quanto aos sinais, sintomas e seqüelas, mostram baixo nível de conhecimento, envolvendo sinais e sintomas ausentes no quadro patológico. As condutas referidas pela população estudada, foram consideradas inadequadas, porem houve porcentagem substancial reconhecendo o AVC como doença grave, necessitando hospitalização. Conclusão: Pelos dados obtidos observamos que a população em geral tem dificuldades em reconhecer os sinais e sintomas de AVC e associá-los às afecções cerebrais. Além disso, o conhecimento que a mostra apresentou sobre fisiopatologia e conduta frente ao quadro clinico foi insatisfatório, evidenciando a necessidade de incentivo às ações populacionais de educação continuada.
Nível de conhecimento de uma determinada população do município de Marília-SP sobre Acidente Vascular Cerebral (AVC)
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.37319181218
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Palavras-chave: Acidente Vascular Cerebral, Perfil Epidemiológico, População Leiga.
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Keywords: stroke, risk factors, epidemiology, knowledge.
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Abstract:
The Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) has become one of the primary causes of death and incapacity, already considered the second largest cause of deaths in the world. CVA is behind only to ischemic cardio-pathology, according to O.M.S. Studies show people’s knowledge about this pathology is far from being adequate; therefore, it’s this work’s objective to seek people’s knowledge of this sickness. It is an observational study deemed to evaluate the level of knowledge of CVA from a sampling of shoppers in a grocery store in the city of Marília. In regards to CVA related factors, during an extracurricular activity of members from an academic group of neurosurgery, neurology, and neuro sciences of Unimar – LANNNU. There were 122 individuals interviewed. All those conducting interviews were trained to use the same exact questions, which were divided into segments: 1) Knowledge of the pathophysiology; 2) risk factors; 3) immediate conduct, and 4) signs and symptoms. More than 2% of the sampling was comprised of individuals without an educational background; 7.4% had more than 11 year of attending school, such as higher education. More than half of the people in the sampling referred to either family history or someone closed who had suffered CVA. Of the 122 people surveyed, 8% had had CVA. The analysis of the results from the questions about pathophysiology indicated that the average person does not know how to distinguish between cerebral vascular and cardiac diseases. This proves that investing on people’s instruction about CVA would be beneficial; it would foster a better understanding of neuro and cardiac vascular diseases. In regards to risk factors, those interviewed demonstrated a good knowledge; a fact that was not observed in the question about signs and symptoms related to CVA: Arterial hypertension, systemic, stress, sedentary lifestyle, drug use and poor diet. In regards to the signs and symptoms of CVA, the average person has difficulties to recognize them and associate them to cerebral affections. In regards to the conducts found on the target population, they can be considered adequate, since the vast majority recognized the disease as serious, with the need for hospital care. The sampling studied showed good knowledge in general about a cerebral vascular accident; however, the results that relate to signs and symptoms, pathophysiology and conducts show an unsatisfactory level in the study. We concluded that the people’s knowledge of CVA is lower than expected. We also concluded that the investment on education and instruction would bring benefits to the appropriate care for the diseases as well as to its prevention and adequate treatment.
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Número de páginas: 12
- Jeferson Santiago
- MOISÉS RICARDO DA SILVA
