Public awareness about the symptoms of stroke in developed countries and the third world: Systematic review

Abstract

The aim of this review is to collect the findings of a number of groups that have investigated the levels of awareness of stroke signs, symptoms and risk factors. Drawing these results together provides readers with insight into different communities' understanding of stroke, thereby highlighting areas where improvements can be made with targeted campaigns.

Methods: In this comprehensive and systematic review study, all the main articles were related to people's knowledge and awareness about cerebral palsy and its symptoms. and WOS from January 1990 to December 2023 were included in the study. Also, in the search strategy, only articles written in English or Persian articles written in English were entered. In this study, the level of awareness of common people (not stroke patients and not experts) about the warning signs and symptoms of stroke between developed and developing countries has been compared.

Results: The results of this study have shown that the level of awareness of ordinary people in developed countries is not higher or lower than in developing countries, and the level of awareness of people about the symptoms of stroke depends on the possible level of education by the media and mass communication systems of that society. it's related to. It is possible that a developed country has very little knowledge of stroke symptoms and a developing country has a good knowledge of stroke symptoms.