Effect of nursing intervention on improving awareness of high-risk patients about stroke prevention

Figure 1.

Medical history and family history of the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)		Control group (n = 40)		χ2	P
	n	%	n	%
Patients’ medical history
Hypertension	15	37.5	11	27.5	15.215	0.009*
Diabetes	4	10	0	0
Cardiac disease	8	20	2	5
Hypertension and diabetes	6	15	15	37.5
Hypertension and heart disease	4	10	3	7.5
Multiple diseases	3	7.5	9	22.5
Family medical history
No	2	5	1	2.5	13.511	0.061
Hypertension	8	20	7	17.5
Diabetes	4	10	4	10
Heart diseases	7	17.5	2	5
Obesity	7	17.5	2	5
Hypercholesterolemia	4	10	2	5
Hypertension and diabetes	4	10	14	35
Multiple diseases	4	10	8	20
Family history of stroke
No	36	90	35	87.5	0.125	0.723
Yes (one of parents)	4	10	5	12.5
Patient history of stroke
No	35	87.5	39	97.5	2.883	0.090
Yes	5	12.5	1	2.5
Using blood clotting drugs
No	30	75	35	87.5	2.051	0.152
Yes	10	25	5	12.5

Mean changes of scores of total KAP regarding stroke among the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) post-program (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)	Control group (n = 40)	Z value	P
Total knowledge			5.435	0.0001*
Range	-4.00 to 25.00	-1.00 to 6.00
Mean ± SD	14.90 ± 6.13	1.42 ± 1.82
Total attitude			5.199	0.0001*
Range	0–6.00	-3.00 to 3.00
Mean ± SD	3.05 ± 1.81	0.20 ± 0.97
Total practice			5.295	0.0001*
Range	0–14	0–3
Mean ± SD	7.45 ± 3.65	0.40 ± 0.81

Levels of total KAP regarding stroke among the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) pre- and post-program (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)				Control group (n = 40)				χ2/P
	Pre-program		Post-program		Pre-program		Post-program		Pre-program	Post-program
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Levels of total knowledge
Poor	39	97.5	7	17.5	40	100	40	100
Fair	1	2.5	32	80	0	0	0	0
Good	0	0	1	2.5	0	0	0	0
χ2	52.382				-				1.013	53.333
P	0.0001*				-				0.314	0.0001*
Levels of total attitude
Negative	38	95	9	22.5	39	97.5	35	87.5
Positive	2	5	31	77.5	1	2.5	5	12.5
χ2	43.378				2.883				0.346	34.141
P	0.0001*				0.09				0.556	0.0001*
Levels of total practice for prevention
Bad	39	97.5	9	22.5	40	100	40	100
Moderate	1	2.5	24	60	0	0	0	0
Good	0	0	7	17.5	0	0	0	0
χ2	46.910				-				1.013	50.612
P	0.0001*				-				0.314	0.0001*

Smoking and physical activity practicing of the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) pre- and post-program (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)				Control group (n = 40)				χ2/P
	Pre-program		Post-program		Pre-program		Post-program		Pre-program	Post-program
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Smoking
No smoking	8	20	6	15	14	35	15	37.5
Ex-smoker	4	10	1	2.5	11	27.5	11	27.5
Active smoker	23	57.5	28	70	12	30	11	27.5
Passive smoker	5	12.5	5	12.5	3	7.5	3	7.5
χ2	2.58				0.08				8.86	20.10
P	0.461				0.994				0.031*	0.0002*
Physical activity practicing
No	34	85	18	45	27	67.5	24	61.5
Sometimes	2	5	10	25	5	12.5	4	10.3
Yes	4	10	12	30	8	20	11	28.2
χ2	14.26				0.75				3.42	3.46
P	0.0001*				0.688				0.181	0.177

Sociodemographic data and BMI of the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)		Control group (n = 40)		χ2	P
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)						t-test = 0.056, P = 0.955
Range	25–90		32–74
Mean ± SD	53.15 ± 16.28		52.98 ± 10.92
Sex
Females	27	67.5	25	62.5	0.22	0.639
Males	13	32.5	15	37.5
Residence
Rural	22	55	29	72.5	2.650	0.104
Urban	18	45	11	27.5
Educational level
Illiterate	9	22.5	11	27.5	20.189	0.0001*
Read and write	16	40	3	7.5
Elementary	3	7.5	13	32.5
Secondary	4	10	10	25
University	8	20	3	7.5
Marital status
Single	8	20	1	2.5	6.193	0.045*
Married	23	57.5	27	67.5
Widow/Divorced	9	22.5	12	30
Work
Not working	28	70	30	75	2.355	0.308
Retired	6	15	2	5
Working	6	15	8	20
Live with
Alone	6	15	3	7.5	1.127	0.288
With family	34	85	37	92.5
Income
Not enough	24	60	25	62.5	3.163	0.206
Enough	13	32.5	15	37.5
Enough and spare	3	7.5	0	0
BMI						t-test = 0.764, P = 0.447
Range	21.6-48.4		25.0-46.6
Mean ± SD	33.08 ± 6.31		34.05 ± 4.96

Correlation between changes of scores of total KAP regarding stroke among the studied stroke high-risk patients (study and control groups) post-program (N = 80)_

Variables	Study group (n = 40)		Control group (n = 40)
	Total knowledge	Total attitude	Total knowledge	Total attitude
Total attitude
r	0.502	-	0.416	-
P	0.001*	-	0.008*	-
Total practice
r	0.684	0.427	0.264	0.288
P	0.0001*	0.006*	0.1	0.071